How to open links in new window

Apreciar

I have always been able to click on a link and it opened in a new window. For some reason this no longer happens when I click on a link the existing window is closed and the new one opened with no way of getting the original. I am using IE6.

espresso

Apreciar wrote: »

I have always been able to click on a link and it opened in a new window. For some reason this no longer happens when I click on a link the existing window is closed and the new one opened with no way of getting the original. I am using IE6.

Try this:
Open Internet Explorer by double clicking the blue E icon on you desktop.
Click on tools
Click on Internet Options
Click on the Advanced tab
Scroll down to “Reuse windows for launching shortcuts” and uncheck
Finish and close the dialog by clicking "OK"

Better still use Firefox.

Apreciar

espresso wrote: »

Try this:
Open Internet Explorer by double clicking the blue E icon on you desktop.
Click on tools
Click on Internet Options
Click on the Advanced tab
Scroll down to “Reuse windows for launching shortcuts” and uncheck
Finish and close the dialog by clicking "OK"

Better still use Firefox.

Tried the above but still no joy. It only opens the new window but closes the original. I also use Firefox and the same is happening. This has only recently started to happen and I cannot recall changing anything in the options recently.

espresso

Apreciar wrote: »

Tried the above but still no joy. It only opens the new window but closes the original. I also use Firefox and the same is happening. This has only recently started to happen and I cannot recall changing anything in the options recently.

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Apreciar

espresso wrote: »

Have you tried a spring clean with ccleaner? here Tutorial here

I use CCleaner at boot up as an auto option. When this problem happens another added problem is that the new window does not have the back-up option (it becomes greyed out)

espresso

Apreciar wrote: »

I use CCleaner at boot up as an auto option. When this problem happens another added problem is that the new window does not have the back-up option (it becomes greyed out)

I am puzzled if you are having this problem with two totally different browsers!

Scissor_Crow

What happens when you rightclick the hyperlink and select 'Open in new window' ?

This link may be helpful - http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=180176

Apreciar

Scissor_Crow wrote: »

What happens when you rightclick the hyperlink and select 'Open in new window' ?

This link may be helpful - http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=180176

The same happens if I right click and request "open in new window", have followed the Microsoft instructions but still no joy.

Apreciar

Just done a system restore and it has sorted out the problem. It must have been a registry issue. Still dont know why.