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Internet Explorer - Is this even possible to do?

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FTLOSM

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Hello all, I am running windows xp pro w/ SP2 and Internet Explorer 6.0.2 all of which is fully updated off the Microsoft website.

Here is the problem, probably a simple answer but I sure can't find it, when I have a browser open (say microtrends housecall and I let that run in background in open browser) and I then open a new browser and surf the web or whatever....

When I click any link in the 2nd open browser that link I clicked opens in the first browser window - closing my housetrend scan or whatever page I had open in first browser.

This has always bugged me when I have one window open doing something (say having it open to a newegg site for a product) then opening a new window on another site (to compare) once I click within that second browser on any link it opens the new page in the first browser I had open.

I want IE6 to open a 3rd 4th 5th browser window everytime I click a link, and leave the ones I had open alone.

Is there a setting within IE6 that I can check or do to make this happen?

Sorry for what is probably a very simple question but I can't seem to figure it out.

Bill
 
I know you can shift-click on a link to get it to open in a new window, but I'm not sure there's a way to make it happen automatically...

Before anyone else says it - Firefox will give you a far superior browsing experience to IE6. You can middle click on any link to have it open in a new tab, or set it to open a tab by default. It will also eliminate a large percentage of spyware and security problems.
 
yeah, that always bugged me about IE. i'd be reading my email in outlook with some IE page open in the background and as soon as i'd click a link in my email, the new page would open over the old page i had, which was annoying.

i don't know if there's a way to fix that with IE, but firefox has options that let you choose whether other apps will open links in the current window or a new window or a new tab...
 
can't you just right-click the link and select "open in a new window"? i can't remember since i dont use IE anymore =/
 
Originally posted by: ockky
can't you just right-click the link and select "open in a new window"? i can't remember since i dont use IE anymore =/
Click to expand...

Yes you can in both IE and Firefox.
 
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