IE6 'New Window' Problem...

Lucutus · 09-09-2003 6:43pm #1

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

Lucutus · 10-09-2003 9:32am

*Hup*

Seriously all, this is doing heads in.

T

Sleipnir · 10-09-2003 9:37am

does the same happen when you press ctrl and n ?

Lucutus · 10-09-2003 9:57am

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

Sleipnir · 10-09-2003 10:43am

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?

moridin · 10-09-2003 10:45am

Run AdAware. Delete any IE extensions by alexa.

Lucutus · 10-09-2003 10:52am

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

moridin · 10-09-2003 10:58am

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)

Lucutus · 10-09-2003 11:08am

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

Sleipnir · 10-09-2003 11:16am

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

moridin · 10-09-2003 11:35am

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

No Problemo.

maxheadroom · 10-09-2003 11:46am

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.

IE6 'New Window' Problem...

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