I work from home and usually have no problem having multiple browsers open at
the same time to do my work (outlook,job boards, company intranet) and today
my PC (internet explorer running on XP) will only allow me to have one
browser open at a time and when I click on internet explorer to open a new
browser it closes what I have open. If anyone has any thoughts on a fix
please let me know thanks so much.

Hi,
From IE> Tools> Internet Options> Advanced> Browsing> uncheck "Reuse windows
for launching shortcuts."

And... you may have a toolbar or program running which is blocking
pop-up windows- something like Yahoo toolbar, Google toolbar, MSN toolbar,
etc.
The Yahoo toolbar is a very common cause. Uninstalling the Yahoo toolbar
should allow a second window to open.

If you're sure that another program isn't causing this, these links should
help.
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm Tips #21 & 46
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/26.html
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/27.html

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"nrladd" <nrladd[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:09B67B5E-C644-4B36-B8B6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I work from home and usually have no problem having multiple browsers open
at
> the same time to do my work (outlook,job boards, company intranet) and
today
> my PC (internet explorer running on XP) will only allow me to have one
> browser open at a time and when I click on internet explorer to open a new
> browser it closes what I have open. If anyone has any thoughts on a fix
> please let me know thanks so much.

If you have the yahoo toolbar installed, then de-install it using add/remove
programs. It is causing this problem for a lot of folks even if it's
disabled!

====================================
"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> From IE> Tools> Internet Options> Advanced> Browsing> uncheck "Reuse windows
> for launching shortcuts."
>
> And... you may have a toolbar or program running which is blocking
> pop-up windows- something like Yahoo toolbar, Google toolbar, MSN toolbar,
> etc.
> The Yahoo toolbar is a very common cause. Uninstalling the Yahoo toolbar
> should allow a second window to open.
>
> If you're sure that another program isn't causing this, these links should
> help.
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm Tips #21 & 46
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
> http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/26.html
> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/27.html
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "nrladd" <nrladd[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:09B67B5E-C644-4B36-B8B6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I work from home and usually have no problem having multiple browsers open
> at
> > the same time to do my work (outlook,job boards, company intranet) and
> today
> > my PC (internet explorer running on XP) will only allow me to have one
> > browser open at a time and when I click on internet explorer to open a new
> > browser it closes what I have open. If anyone has any thoughts on a fix
> > please let me know thanks so much.
>
>