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re: Open in New Window bug in XP:IE6
Thursday, January 24, 2002 at 8:01 am
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Posted by Daan (1 messages posted)


I'm having the same 'this drives me crazy' problem with the right-mouse-context-menu. No solution so far...


On Saturday, October 6, 2001 at 3:10 am, MT wrote:
>
>The problem I have is similar but not quite the same. It takes an eternity (1.5 
- 
>2 sec)for the context menu to be displayed when using IE6.  It appears instantly 
>in all other applications. I have tried everything and it is driving me nuts !!
>
>But with regard to the problem you are having tony,  If you hold down the shift 
key 
>when left clicking a link it will open in a new window.
>
>Hope this helps
>MT
>


>On Tuesday, September 18, 2001 at 5:55 pm, Tony Mackley wrote: >I spent a few hours wrestling with IE6 Internet Options, because something (trialware >like HI Client, Acrobat Rdr, Copernic, etc..) had caused my IE6 to FAIL when attempting >to open a link in a new window. The new window can always be 'forced' by right-clicking >on a link and selecting that option from the resulting context menu. IF your IE6 >fails in this way, go to Support.msn.com and look up Article ID: Q180176 ('Open >in >New Window' Command Does Not Work in Internet Explorer') The solution described >works >well enough for IE6. (Cold restart helps).



Written in response to:
re: Open in New Window bug in XP:IE6 (MT: Saturday, October 6, 2001 at 3:10 am)

Responses to this message:
*re: Open in New Window bug in XP:IE6 (chris: Monday, October 28, 2002 at 9:15 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Open in New Window bug in XP:IE6 (Tony Mackley: Tue, Sep 18, 2001, 5:55 pm)
-re: Open in New Window bug in XP:IE6 (MT: Sat, Oct 6, 2001, 3:10 am)
-re: Open in New Window bug in XP:IE6 (Daan: Thu, Jan 24, 2002, 8:01 am)
*re: Open in New Window bug in XP:IE6 (chris: Mon, Oct 28, 2002, 9:15 am)
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