Can not bring IE6 window to front

[Terry Locke]

Hope someone can help me. I am having a problem viewing IE6 windows when I
launch a new window from a IE6 window by right clicking on a link and chose
"open in new window" What happens is the new window opens but I can not
bring the original window to the front so I can see it even though it
becomes the active window. I either have to move other windows out of the
way or minimize them or delete them so I can see the original window. this
becomes a pain when using a search engine such as Google because I like to
hold the search results in one window while I open new widows from those
results links. The funny thing is that it only happens in one of the three
user accounts I set up on this computer. The other 2 accounts behave
correctly. I am thinking is may be some user setting that I changed in this
account but for the life of me I can't find anything having to do with
controlling the windows. Any one have any idea?

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
Start with this article:
New program window appears behind all other open windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=886217

Then...
From Control Panel> Internet Options> Advanced> uncheck "Enable third party
browser extensions." With IE6 [XP] SP2, go to Tools> Manage add-ons and
disable non-Microsoft add-ons. If either of those steps helps, you need to
find the troublesome extension, BHO, add-on or program and disable it or
change settings.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[Terry Locke]

Don:

Thanks for the help I am going to try this. One question: What is BHO?

Terry

Hi,
Start with this article:
New program window appears behind all other open windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=886217

Then...
From Control Panel> Internet Options> Advanced> uncheck "Enable third
party
browser extensions." With IE6 [XP] SP2, go to Tools> Manage add-ons and
disable non-Microsoft add-ons. If either of those steps helps, you need to
find the troublesome extension, BHO, add-on or program and disable it or
change settings.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Hope someone can help me. I am having a problem viewing IE6 windows when I
launch a new window from a IE6 window by right clicking on a link and chose
"open in new window" What happens is the new window opens but I can not
bring the original window to the front so I can see it even though it
becomes the active window. I either have to move other windows out of
the
way or minimize them or delete them so I can see the original window. this
becomes a pain when using a search engine such as Google because I like
to
hold the search results in one window while I open new widows from those
results links. The funny thing is that it only happens in one of the three
user accounts I set up on this computer. The other 2 accounts behave
correctly. I am thinking is may be some user setting that I changed in this
account but for the life of me I can't find anything having to do with
controlling the windows. Any one have any idea?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Don:

Thanks for the help I am going to try this. One question: What is
BHO?
Terry

BHO = Browser Helper Object
Often in real life it is more of a Browser Screw-up Object.
Especially extra toolbars and spyware.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
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[Terry Locke]

Don:

Do you mean Browser Help Objects (BHO)?

As in : http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/bho/

Terry

Hi,
Start with this article:
New program window appears behind all other open windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=886217

Then...
From Control Panel> Internet Options> Advanced> uncheck "Enable third
party
browser extensions." With IE6 [XP] SP2, go to Tools> Manage add-ons and
disable non-Microsoft add-ons. If either of those steps helps, you need to
find the troublesome extension, BHO, add-on or program and disable it or
change settings.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Hope someone can help me. I am having a problem viewing IE6 windows when I
launch a new window from a IE6 window by right clicking on a link and chose
"open in new window" What happens is the new window opens but I can not
bring the original window to the front so I can see it even though it
becomes the active window. I either have to move other windows out of
the
way or minimize them or delete them so I can see the original window. this
becomes a pain when using a search engine such as Google because I like
to
hold the search results in one window while I open new widows from those
results links. The funny thing is that it only happens in one of the three
user accounts I set up on this computer. The other 2 accounts behave
correctly. I am thinking is may be some user setting that I changed in this
account but for the life of me I can't find anything having to do with
controlling the windows. Any one have any idea?

 

[Don Varnau]

Yes... that page explains BHO's very well. Not all BHOs are bad, but even a
legitimate (good) BHO can cause problems.

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Don:

Do you mean Browser Help Objects (BHO)?

As in : http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/bho/

Terry

Hi,
Start with this article:
New program window appears behind all other open windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=886217

Then...
From Control Panel> Internet Options> Advanced> uncheck "Enable third
party
browser extensions." With IE6 [XP] SP2, go to Tools> Manage add-ons and
disable non-Microsoft add-ons. If either of those steps helps, you need to
find the troublesome extension, BHO, add-on or program and disable it or
change settings.

Hope someone can help me. I am having a problem viewing IE6 windows

when
I

launch a new window from a IE6 window by right clicking on a link and chose
"open in new window" What happens is the new window opens but I can not
bring the original window to the front so I can see it even though it
becomes the active window. I either have to move other windows out of
the
way or minimize them or delete them so I can see the original window. this
becomes a pain when using a search engine such as Google because I like
to
hold the search results in one window while I open new widows from those
results links. The funny thing is that it only happens in one of the three
user accounts I set up on this computer. The other 2 accounts behave
correctly. I am thinking is may be some user setting that I changed in this
account but for the life of me I can't find anything having to do with
controlling the windows. Any one have any idea?

 

[Rob Parsons]

Hi Terry,
Did you resolve your foreground window problem? I am just wondering as it
has recently happened to me... By any chance are you using the MSN Search
toolbar with tabbed browsing?

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Hi,
Start with this article:
New program window appears behind all other open windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=886217

Don,


Great find! Thanks for pointing it out.

This seems to have finally resolved some problems that I have had
with dialogs appearing which don't have keyboard focus,
which I guess must be a related problem.

I have no idea how to reproduce the OP symptom.
I have had it too occasionally but too intermittently
to know for sure yet if this change will have affected it too.


Robert Aldwinckle
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