Illustrator CS6 - opens in window too small

Anytime I double-click on an Illustrator file to open it, the Illustrator CS6 window opens up too small to view the file. It comes up with an error message that says "Can't open the illustration. There is not enough room for the window; increase document area and try again."
If I then click on the box to expand the Illustrator window to full-size, then I can open the file. It's just frustrating that everytime I try to open an AI file by double-clicking on it, I get this error message.

Like many I'm experiencing the same problem. 'Can't open the illustration. There is not enough room for the window; increase document area and try again.' Running Windows 7 - dual monitors although I don't believe that's the problem. Tried the suggestion in preferences uncheck 'open documents as tabs' didn't work. Tried Properties shortcut tab choose 'Maximized' didn't work. This is what I find, when I right click to open a PDF in Illustrator - I can open the first illustration (if it was closed using Exit), but I get this error on the second illustration I try to open in the same way. If I close an illustration using the X than when I try to open the illustration the next time I get the error message. If I chose Close or Ctrl W - the next time I open the application I get the error - HOWEVER, if I close the application by hitting Exit it will open properly the next time. Even if the first illustration opens properly I still have a problem with the second one. Can anyone help as this is a pain. Been using CS6 for sometime but this just started happening ~ 3 months ago so it didn't start with the upgrade.

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