When I click a link or URL in OE, it used to open in a new IE6 window. This wasn't affected when I used FF3 or Safari 4. But last week I tried Chrome 3, and uninstalled it after a few days (unbearable flaws that of course won't be corrected in an acceptable delay), after which clicking a link in OE opens the target, sometimes in a new IE6 window, sometimes in an existing one - which of course and as everyone I don't want at all (data and time losses).

How do I restore links or URLs to open *SYSTEMATICALLY* in a New IE6 Window,.no matter where they are (in OE, on the desktop, in another IE6 window)? TIA,

Versailles, Sun 04 Oct 2009 03:18:10 +0200

"Michel Merlin" <michel.merlin@laposte.net> wrote in message
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When I click a link or URL in OE, it used to open in a new IE6 window. This
wasn't affected when I used FF3 or Safari 4. But last week I tried Chrome 3,
and uninstalled it after a few days (unbearable flaws that of course won't
be corrected in an acceptable delay), after which clicking a link in OE
opens the target, sometimes in a new IE6 window, sometimes in an existing
one - which of course and as everyone I don't want at all (data and time
losses).

How do I restore links or URLs to open *SYSTEMATICALLY* in a New IE6
Window,.no matter where they are (in OE, on the desktop, in another IE6
window)? TIA,

Versailles, Sun 04 Oct 2009 03:18:10 +0200
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A:

Whichever shortcut you are using to launch the window, right click it and
select properties. Under the 'Run' drop-down, choose "Maximized".

If the window still opens small, try this next:

Grab the corners of the window and drag it to full screen size. Do not use
Maximize. Close all other windows first and this one last. Windows will
remember the *last* screen size used the next time you open the program.

B:

In Internet Explorer: Tools | Internet Options | Advanced. Uncheck: Reuse
windows for launching shortcuts.

Close all programs. In Windows Explorer, or the Control Panel:

Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to {NONE} Internet Shortcut and select it.
Click Edit or Advanced, depending on your Windows version.
Select 'open'.
Click Edit.
Uncheck: Use DDE

*You may need to reboot.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

Thanks for your fast and helpful reply. It 1st seemed to fail, but after going further, it worked. Here is my conclusion, and the details for record.

Conclusion: if your IE stopped to open Internet Shortcuts in a New Window:

- 1st apply the §2B hereafter: "Windows Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > File Types"; "Internet Shortcut" File Type (extension "(NONE)"), "Advanced", "open", "Edit", Clear (uncheck) the "Use DDE" case (don't worry, DDE will get restored later), reboot
- 2nd apply §1b: "IE6 > Tools > Internet Options > Advanced", and Clear (uncheck) the case next to "Reuse windows for launching shortcuts". Reboot.
- 3rd (only if 2nd failed), apply §1c: in RegEdit, reset "AllowWindowReuse" to 0.

Details:

1) I forgot to mention:

a)) system involved is a Feb 2006 12in laptop (Uniwill 223ei0), 12in, Pentium M760 Dothan 2.00GHz, 2GB RAM, Windows XP Pro 32bit Multilingual, IE6, MS Office Pro 2000. It was NOT affected before the Chrome 3 episode. My other system (2003 self-built desktop, Windows 2000, IE6, MS Office Pro 2000) is NOT affected either.

b)) I had gone go to "IE6 > Tools > Internet Options > Advanced" and verified that the case next to "Reuse windows for launching shortcuts" was clear (Unchecked).

c)) I had gone to "RegEdit\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Inte rnet Explorer\Main" and verified that there was a DWORD named "AllowWindowReuse" and that it was set to 0.

d)) I had gone to "Windows Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > File Types", clicked the "Extensions" header (so to sort after the extensions, not after the File Types), and verified that the "HTM" and "HTML" extensions had "Opens with: Internet Explorer"

2) Today after reading your reply:

A)) I am not concerned today with your "A" (problems with "Full Screen" or "Maximized")

B)) I did your "B": go to "Windows Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > File Types", clicked the "File Types" header, selected this time the "Internet Shortcut" File Type (extension "(NONE)"), clicked "Advanced", "open", "Edit", and cleared (unchecked) the "Use DDE" case - despite of course I strongly need DDE in daily operations.

Then I closed all IE6 Windows and restarted IE6: no avail. I rebooted: no avail.

But when writing this reply, thus verifying the above, in §1c I discovered that "AllowWindowReuse" was set to "1". I don't know if I had mistaken during my 1st check, or if (more probably) this has got changed in the §2B process. Anyway I changed it (back?) to "0", and all came back to normal!!

Then when checking again the "File Types", there were in facts *TWO* "Internet Shortcut" File Types, with 2 different extensions, "(NONE)" and "URL". I went down in their settings but found unexpected settings, somewhat complicated. Sorry I don't remember exactly.

I rebooted, to make sure the fix was persistent, and it was: after rebooting, everything is still normal. More, in the "File Types", there is now just ONE "Internet Shortcut" File Type, the one with extension "(NONE)"; in its "Advanced > open > Edit", the "Use DDE" case is now checked again. I suspect it needed to be cleared to allow some reset, and came back to normal (checked) later during resets, restarts and reboots - so everything is normal now, including the regular use of DDE. Thanks again Bruce!

Versailles, Sun 04 Oct 2009 18:32:50 +0200


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A:

Whichever shortcut you are using to launch the window, right click it and select properties. Under the 'Run' drop-down, choose "Maximized".

If the window still opens small, try this next:

Grab the corners of the window and drag it to full screen size. Do not use Maximize. Close all other windows first and this one last. Windows will remember the *last* screen size used the next time you open the program.

B:

In Internet Explorer: Tools | Internet Options | Advanced. Uncheck: Reuse windows for launching shortcuts.

Close all programs. In Windows Explorer, or the Control Panel:

Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to {NONE} Internet Shortcut and select it.
Click Edit or Advanced, depending on your Windows version.
Select 'open'.
Click Edit.
Uncheck: Use DDE

*You may need to reboot.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


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When I click a link or URL in OE, it used to open in a new IE6 window. This wasn't affected when I used FF3 or Safari 4. But last week I tried Chrome 3, and uninstalled it after a few days (unbearable flaws that of course won't be corrected in an acceptable delay), after which clicking a link in OE opens the target, sometimes in a new IE6 window, sometimes in an existing one - which of course and as everyone I don't want at all (data and time losses).

How do I restore links or URLs to open *SYSTEMATICALLY* in a New IE6 Window,.no matter where they are (in OE, on the desktop, in another IE6 window)? TIA,

Versailles, Sun 04 Oct 2009 03:18:10 +0200