I'm running IE 6 SP 2 and for some reason I can no longer open more
than one IE window at a time. If I try to load a new one, by hitting
ctrl + N for instance, it closes the open window and opens a new one.
I suspect Dragon 8 might be involved, but not sure?

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Request for Question Clarification by hummer-ga on 24 Oct 2005 10:53 PDT

Hi sethlb,

Something to try -

"Jeri, did you install Yahoo IM recently? I had your problem and found
it was related to Yahoo IM. Uninstall everything yahoo except
messenger. For some reason the guys over at yahoo think it's really
cool to only use one instance of IE at a time.
To uninstall everything yahoo, go to Start -> Settings -> Control
Panel -> add/remove programs
Then click on the all the yahoo ones like toolbar, extras, etc except messenger.
Then you should be OK.
Jeanne
This solved my problem - download Yahoo yesterday after install
shockwave player and problem started today.
Thanks for saving me much time Jeanne 
 Thank you veryyyyy much for this. I installed adobe acrobat 7.0 and
it instantly installed yahoo toolbar even though I said I didn't want
it.
That solved the problem of not being able of opening more than i ie window.
http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?ThreadIndex=27607

Does that help?
hummer

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Request for Question Clarification by livioflores-ga on 24 Oct 2005 11:58 PDT

Hi!!

Try the following if the hummer advise does not work:
Go to Tools --> Internet Options --> Advanced --> Uncheck "Reuse
windows for launching shortcuts"

Sometimes, as hummer-ga told you, another program do this trick, Yahoo
Companion is a very common cause, others could be a popup blocker, a
toolbar, a firewall, an IE shell like Avant Browser, etc. With
programs like these Ctrl+click or Shift+click would allow a new IE
instance to open.
If you have installed one of the above programs try turning off the
feature that's blocking new windows or, perhaps, uninstall the program
(especially uninstall Yahoo Companion).

Another cause could be Oleaut32.dll, if this file is damaged or it's
not registered correctly.
Go to Start --> Run --> type regsvr32 oleaut32 --> press Enter -->
Reboot and check what happened.
See also the following page to see if you can find the solution here:
"You cannot open a new Internet Explorer window or nothing occurs
after you click a link":
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281679/en-us

Let me know if something of this works in order to move this to the
answer box or if not to continue researching.

Regards,
livioflores-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by livioflores-ga on 24 Oct 2005 12:01 PDT

Please also take a look to the following registry entry:
User Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
BrowseNewProcess
Value Name: BrowseNewProcess
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: Yes or No
The proper setting is a Value Data of Yes.

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Clarification of Question by sethlb-ga on 24 Oct 2005 12:49 PDT

Solution from hummer-ga worked. How do I pay & close question.

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Request for Question Clarification by livioflores-ga on 24 Oct 2005 12:52 PDT

Just wait until hummer see your response and he will put the comment
in the answer box, doing this he is claiming the prize.

Hi sethlb,

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to answer your question, I'm
glad to hear removing Yahoo worked for you. Here it is again to make
it official.

"...To uninstall everything yahoo, go to Start -> Settings -> Control
Panel -> add/remove programs
Then click on the all the yahoo ones like toolbar, extras, etc except messenger..."
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281679/en-us

Thanks again,
hummer

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IE6 can't open more than one window

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