Open in new window fails - what can I do?

[Guest]

My Internet Explorer 6 has suddenly, without any known action on my part,
stopeed opening links in new windows. The window flashes once and then
nothing happens.

All of the following ways of opening something in a new window fail:
- JavaScript windo.open
- Regular <a href="..." target="_blank"> ...</a>
- Context menu "Open link in new window"

I haven't been able to find any option that seems relevant for this.

I desparately want this feature back! If I can't get it back I just might
have tostop using IE altogether - I use it all the time.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Kjell

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
Check the settings of any third-party security, privacy, ad-blocking, pop-up
blocking programs (or toolbars) that are installed. One of them is probably
blocking the new window.

This sounds, somewhat like the work of Ad-aware Pro- Adwatch- the "Block
pop-ups" feature. It sometimes allows a window to open momentarily before
closing it.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Thank you for replying. Unfortunately I don't have any such third-party
tools installed. All I have is Norman Virus Control, and I just tried
disabling everything that would seem relevant. No effect.

Any other suggestions?

Kjell

Hi,
Check the settings of any third-party security, privacy, ad-blocking, pop-up
blocking programs (or toolbars) that are installed. One of them is probably
blocking the new window.

This sounds, somewhat like the work of Ad-aware Pro- Adwatch- the "Block
pop-ups" feature. It sometimes allows a window to open momentarily before
closing it.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

My Internet Explorer 6 has suddenly, without any known action on my part,
stopeed opening links in new windows. The window flashes once and then
nothing happens.

All of the following ways of opening something in a new window fail:
- JavaScript windo.open
- Regular <a href="..." target="_blank"> ...</a>
- Context menu "Open link in new window"

I haven't been able to find any option that seems relevant for this.

I desparately want this feature back! If I can't get it back I just might
have tostop using IE altogether - I use it all the time.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Kjell

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
Check your Javascript at
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/EXPLORIT/java/IntroJavaScript.html

And... are you sure that you don't have a toolbar running installed from
Google, Yahoo, AOL, Earthlink, etc?

[XP SP2] From IE> Tools> Manage add-ons. Disable non-microsoft add-ons to
see if one of them is the culprit.
[Non SP2] Internet Options> Advanced> uncheck "Enable third-party browser
extensions." If either of these helps, you still need to find the
troublesome program, BHO or add-on.

See if Toolbar Cop from http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Toolkit.htm finds
anything that you had forgotten about.

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[Guest]

Sorry, no. When I said I don't have'em I meant I don't have'em.

Someone at www.pellesoft.se gave me an answer that actually solved the
problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679

Thanks to those who responded here, although your replies didn't help.

Kjell

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Open box, type:

regsvr32 urlmon.dll

3. Click OK, and then click OK again when you receive the following message:

DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded.


4. If that doesn't fix it, see this article:

http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/26.html

5. If you are using WinXP try this:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE_Default_Browser.reg

6. See Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 may display a blank Web page
after you select Auto-Select encoding
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870863

You can also try this:

Go to Start/run, and type SFC (msconfig for WinXP).
Choose 'Extract One File From Installation Disk' ("Expand File" for WinXP).
Type oleaut32.dll, not worrying about its location. Then, click Start.

Next to 'Restore From', type in or browse for the file's location, which is
probably in the Win98 (i386 for WinXP) folder of your installation CD-ROM
(typically D:\Win98), or in your Windows\Options\Cabs (Windows\i386 for
WinXP) folder, as the case may be.

Then, next to 'Save File In', enter C:\Windows\System (C:\Windows\System32
for WinXP), and click OK. System File Checker (or msconfig) looks for the
file, saves it as you requested, and then tells you that 'the file has been
successfully extracted'.

You may need to reboot.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, but problem is already solved as per my previous post. Seems like
your suggestion is related though.

Kjell