CS4 auto resize document window?

In CS3, the document window abutted the palette (panel) stack and expanded automatically when I collapsed the stack. How do I make CS4 (Windows XP) do this?

None of the suggestions so far make CS4 do what I could do by selecting Maximum Screen mode in CS3. I have the stack of panels against the right edge of the screen and it collapses mostly to the left. The document window and the stack have no effect on each other.
I think I have to dock the stack to the right edge, but I don't know how to make it happen. As I mentioned, the CS3 screen mode that did it is missing from CS4.

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===
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Paul, its your code.
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Poor performance under openGL (I have a Nvidia 8800 which is a middle-high end card).
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http://www.adobe.com/bin/webfeedback.cgi

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rossn49 wrote:
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