In addition to not respecting the Maximized settings as discussed here
before, I noticed that whenever you have AI maximized and double-click
an AI document in Explorer Illustrator becomes un-maximized when the
file opens.

Why is it so difficult for the AI team to get this right? No other apps
(including other Adobe apps) experience these problems. And it's not
like these are new issues with CS, either; they've been occurring since
at least v9 (the earliest I have access to right now).

Sigh...