Far from being a problem, it's an improved feature, long touted as superior
when other browsers used it first. You can set links to perform whatever
desired behavior you prefer with the TABS option settings.
--
Mark L. Ferguson

"JethroUK©" <reply@the.board> wrote in message
news:OUKnXzCkIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> You can no longer drag a url link from an email and drop it on an I.E.
> window
>
> This used to be a good way of opening a webpage in a specific IE window
> instead of clicking the link which would open in whichever window it felt
> like - which might be over the top of a web page you want to keep open
>
> Is this a problem with Vista mail or IE7 and is it likely to get fixed
> properly?