Multiple JPG files loaded in one browser window.

[Dean]

With I.E. set as my default viewer for JPG files, I used
to be able to open multiple JPG files (either one at a
time or selecting several at one time) in one browser
window. Once I had loaded in all of the JPG's that I
wanted to view I would use the forward or backward button
to look at each picture.

I think I.E. version 5.0 may have been the last version I
could do this with. I don't remember if I could do this
with version 5.5 or not. However, time marches on and I've
been using version 6.0 for some time now. How do I get
version 6.0 to do the same thing as my version 5.0? Is
there a plug-in if version 6.0 doesn't have a way to do
this?

If I highlight one or several JPG files, from an email
attachment or out of a folder, I.E. launches one browser
window for EACH file. Un-believably inconvenient. Now that
I think about it, all of the new Microsoft Office programs
(at least Word and Excel) open multiple Word or Excel
windows for each file you open. Again, I dislike this
behavior immensely.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Dean

 

[Rob Parsons]

Hi Dean, I am no expert but check that the setting for 'Reuse windows for
launching shortcuts' on the Advanced tab of Internet Options is checked.

Please reply on this thread if this works.

 

[Dean]

Thanks Rob. That is one of the first things I looked at,
but checked or unchecked it didn't work. It seems to me
that option did influence the mulitple versus single
browser window issue on earlier versions of I.E. but I've
never been able to get it to make a difference with I.E.
6. maybe there's a registry entry that can be changed but
I wouldn't know where to look in the registry.

Dean