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I can open Outlook and it fills about half of the screen. I then maximize it to read some mail and then minimize it to do some other work. When I click on it again in the taskbar, it is back to the original size that it opened at. I have tried Ctl-close and Ctl-maximize but neither seems to work. This also happens with explorer windows, AutoCAD, Revit, and other programs that I work with.
Shouldn't a minimize and a maximize bring the window back to the last size and position?

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WindowManager supposedly does this. There's a forum thread about the problem here.

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His problem is not remembering positions between invocations of the programs, but that de-minimizing a maximized window doesn't restore it as maximized. – harrymc Aug 11 '10 at 16:19
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I believe I may have it solved. It seems to behave properly as long as you don't snap it to the edge of the screen to maximize it. I can drag the edge of the window to near the edge of the screen to a point where it is about to snap and then minimize the window. When I click on it in the taskbar again, it opens up to the correct size. – Ben Aug 12 '10 at 17:52
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Checked: Maximize + minimize + click on Win7 does return an Explorer window as maximized.
What you are describing is not a normal behavior.

Try it after booting in Safe mode.
If this fixes the problem, then some installed software is interfering.
If it doesn't, try "sfc /scannow" and some virus scans.

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