Hi,
That was changed about 2 years ago, maybe longer. It was one of a number of
security enhancements quietly slipped into IE6 via updates. It's not a Vista
/ IE7 issue.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"JethroUK©" <reply@the.board> wrote in message
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> 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?