Open in New Window doesn't work; blank page opens, MVP - please review

[DataGuy]

I'm seeing alot of other people having this problem as well. Here's what I have experienced:

a.. In IE 6, SP2, right-clicking any link, and selecting 'Open in New Window' results in a new window that is blank. The blank window will not permit you to right-click and view 'properties'
b.. Clicking hyperlinks in emails no longer work
c.. Left-clicking links on a webpage that are supposed to open a new window do not work, or the result is the same as in the first bullet point
d.. My Windows 'Picture and Fax Viewer' developed quirks around the same time I started having issues in IE 6. The issue is that some JPEG files, when right-clicked, and selected to open in the Viewer, will come up blank with error 'no preview available', and at the same time, have the name of some other file in the menu-bar.
e.. Right-clicking files, to 'send to email as attachment' no longer works.
f.. Trying to 'send to email' out of Word or Excel, etc, no longer works.
I have switched to Netscape 8.0.1, which is based on Firefox, but doesn't have as many limitations (incompatibilities) from the get-go.

I would like to see Microsoft issue an Automatic Update 'Hotifx' for this issue, it seems like a common problem, and not something random.

Hope this helps somebody find path to a fix.

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
These are common problems caused by:
* IE not being the default browser
* Changed File Associations
* File corruption.
See these pages:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm Tips #7, 41, 50
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm Tips #21 & 46
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#hyperlinks
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#new_window

Also, you may have to reregister Outlook Express as the default e-mail
program:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#reregOE

Also, in Netscape's settings, you may have to deselect it as the default
browser.

Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]


"DataGuy" wrote in message I'm seeing alot of other people having this problem as well. Here's what I
have experienced:

a.. In IE 6, SP2, right-clicking any link, and selecting 'Open in New
Window' results in a new window that is blank. The blank window will not
permit you to right-click and view 'properties'
b.. Clicking hyperlinks in emails no longer work
c.. Left-clicking links on a webpage that are supposed to open a new
window do not work, or the result is the same as in the first bullet point
d.. My Windows 'Picture and Fax Viewer' developed quirks around the same
time I started having issues in IE 6. The issue is that some JPEG files,
when right-clicked, and selected to open in the Viewer, will come up blank
with error 'no preview available', and at the same time, have the name of
some other file in the menu-bar.
e.. Right-clicking files, to 'send to email as attachment' no longer
works.
f.. Trying to 'send to email' out of Word or Excel, etc, no longer works.
I have switched to Netscape 8.0.1, which is based on Firefox, but doesn't
have as many limitations (incompatibilities) from the get-go.

I would like to see Microsoft issue an Automatic Update 'Hotifx' for this
issue, it seems like a common problem, and not something random.

Hope this helps somebody find path to a fix.

 

[Sandi - Microsoft MVP]

My new links:

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

Hyperlinks URL hasn't changed (yet):
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers2.htm#hyperlinks

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Hyperlinks used to ensure advice is current
Sandi - Microsoft MVP since 1999
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org

Visit the Internet Explorer Community
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Hi,
These are common problems caused by:
* IE not being the default browser
* Changed File Associations
* File corruption.
See these pages:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm Tips #7, 41, 50
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm Tips #21 & 46
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#hyperlinks
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#new_window

Also, you may have to reregister Outlook Express as the default e-mail
program:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#reregOE

Also, in Netscape's settings, you may have to deselect it as the default
browser.

Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]


"DataGuy" wrote in message I'm seeing alot of other people having this problem as well. Here's what
I
have experienced:

a.. In IE 6, SP2, right-clicking any link, and selecting 'Open in New
Window' results in a new window that is blank. The blank window will not
permit you to right-click and view 'properties'
b.. Clicking hyperlinks in emails no longer work
c.. Left-clicking links on a webpage that are supposed to open a new
window do not work, or the result is the same as in the first bullet point
d.. My Windows 'Picture and Fax Viewer' developed quirks around the same
time I started having issues in IE 6. The issue is that some JPEG files,
when right-clicked, and selected to open in the Viewer, will come up blank
with error 'no preview available', and at the same time, have the name of
some other file in the menu-bar.
e.. Right-clicking files, to 'send to email as attachment' no longer
works.
f.. Trying to 'send to email' out of Word or Excel, etc, no longer works.
I have switched to Netscape 8.0.1, which is based on Firefox, but doesn't
have as many limitations (incompatibilities) from the get-go.

I would like to see Microsoft issue an Automatic Update 'Hotifx' for this
issue, it seems like a common problem, and not something random.

Hope this helps somebody find path to a fix.