making shortcuts to web pages open a new browser window

[Larry]

IE 6 on Windows 98. I have various shortcuts that I use to open web
pages. Some of these are shortcuts I've placed on the Start menu,
others are in the form of .vbs files which I run via the Winkey utility.
In most cases, running one of these shortcuts changes the active browser
window to the new web page. This requires me, if I don't want to lose
the existing web page, to press Ctrl+N before running the shortcut so as
to open a new browser window. How do I tweak these shortcuts to make
them always open the new web page in its own window?

Note: I am not speaking of links in IE. I know about being able to
right-click a link and then choose "Open in new window." I am speaking
of running my own shortcuts.

Thanks,
Larry

 

[Rob Parsons]

javascript:window.open('http://mydomain.com/index.htm','_blank');

 

[Kev]

Rob has gone for javascript - you can also do it in html like this:

<a href="blah.htm" target="_blank">Click here</a>

Works equally as well....

Kev

 

[Larry]

What you've given me is language for creating a hyperlink. That's not
what I'm looking for. I'm talking about regular Windows shortcuts. For
example, I have a shortcut on my start menu in which the URL is

http://www.webpage.com/

How do I alter that URL so that it will open a new browser window?

Larry

 

[Kev]

Sorry... went back an re-read your post :-( And now I, too, would like an
answer to this one.

Kev