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IE6 'New Window' Problem...

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  • 09-09-2003 7:43pm
    #1
    Lucutus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭


    lo all,

    Using IE6 in XP.

    When I click File, New, Window, the child window opens and the parent automatically closes.

    Need to stop this from happening...any and all help/pointers appreciated.

    Thanks

    Luc


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    #2
    Lucutus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭Lucutus


    *Hup*

    Seriously all, this is doing heads in.

    T


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    #3
    Sleipnir
    Registered Users Posts: 5,514 ✭✭✭Sleipnir


    does the same happen when you press ctrl and n ?


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    #4
    Lucutus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭Lucutus


    Yep, CTRL+N is the same, or click a link that targets _blank, or even click the shortcut again to start a new browser.


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    #5
    Sleipnir
    Registered Users Posts: 5,514 ✭✭✭Sleipnir


    has it always done this or has it just started happening recently?

    There is a setting under Tools, Internet options, advanced, and "re-use windows for launching shortcuts" but I'm not sure that would affect file, new, window as that's not a shortcut.

    Can't find much on MS's website on this.
    You could try "restore defaults" from the advanced page and see if that fixes it.
    Have you all the IE updates installed?


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    moridin
    Registered Users Posts: 931 ✭✭✭moridin


    Run AdAware. Delete any IE extensions by alexa.


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    Lucutus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭Lucutus


    Kananga, Just started happening yesterday afternoon, all IE updates installed, 'Re-use windows for launching shortcuts' unchecked, Restore Defaults had no effect. Tried a reinstall of IE from scratch, and all no joy.


    Moridin, Adaware comes up clean. As does AVG.

    Luc


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    moridin
    Registered Users Posts: 931 ✭✭✭moridin


    Hmm, found this on a google:

    Subject: When I launch an instance of IE6, it seems to launch the next instance of the window, but then it closes it and launches the new one over the existing one. Thus, I can't have multiple instances of I.E. running. Very frustrating.

    Solution: Yahoo Companion.
    I uninstalled it and I'm now able to open new windows (Ctrl-N or File/new/window)


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    Lucutus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭Lucutus


    That must be it. Exact same behaviour, and they'd installed something Yahoo-ey, they said it was Messanger tho.

    Just as a matter of interest, what search critera did you use to churn that up from Google?

    Thanks moridin and Kananga for the help and suggestions.

    Luc


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    #10
    Sleipnir
    Registered Users Posts: 5,514 ✭✭✭Sleipnir


    ah I made the mistake of using Copernic instead of google!


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    moridin
    Registered Users Posts: 931 ✭✭✭moridin


    http://www.google.com/search?q=ie+closes+on+new+window&sourceid=opera&num=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

    No Problemo.


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    maxheadroom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭maxheadroom


    Originally posted by Lucutus
    That must be it. Exact same behaviour, and they'd installed something Yahoo-ey, they said it was Messanger tho.
    Luc


    Yahoo messenger has the option to install some yahoo extension thing at the same time.


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