Internet Explorer new window problem
 

Evenin' all,

My PC seems to have suddenly developed a rather annoying problem. Whenever I click on a link in Internet Explorer (6) which is supposed to open in a new window (or right click and choose open in new window), the new window opens then remains unresponsive, no loading bar, no messages, no 'Not Responding' message. All is fine if I open a page in a 'fresh' window. If I type an address into the address bar of the unresponsive window, its seems to 'unlock' it, and it runs as normal.

I don't know what could have suddenly caused this. Am running XP, with Norton Internet Security and Norton Anti Virus.

Any ideas?

Re: Internet Explorer new window problem
 

go to start -> run

type regsvr32 urlmon.dll

should sort the problem out

MB :monkey:

Re: Internet Explorer new window problem
 

:( still the same....thanks for the suggestion though.

Re: Internet Explorer new window problem
 

in that case... try doing the same with all of these as well:

regsvr32 Shdocvw.dll
regsvr32 Msjava.dll
regsvr32 Actxprxy.dll
regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 Mshtml.dll
regsvr32 Browseui.dll
regsvr32 Shell32.dll

(i am assuming that you have tried it with NAV and NIS disabled to rule them out as the problem)

Re: Internet Explorer new window problem
 

This page

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_ie.htm

also suggests rebooting and then resetting the IE options after applying the first fix suggested above.

Another suggestion, and not specifically a fix for that problem, but if nothing works and you don`t browse too many sites that must use IE then you could give Firefox a try.

Re: Internet Explorer new window problem
 

Nice one mate - sorted! Just out of interest, what caused that problem (in layman's terms) and what did your fix do?

Re: Internet Explorer new window problem
 

The info came from http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q281679
It is a known bug that is a pain in the bum, it may happen again :(

Re: Internet Explorer new window problem
 

an explanation of what the regsvr32 tool is can be found here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...NoWebContent=1

too lazy to give you the explanation myself now :pp

TBH i am not quite sure why this happens with XP but i have seen this a fair few times and know that this is the fix ;)

MB