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IE 8 New Tabs & New Window

Aug 27, 2010 5:54PM PDT

Recently updated from XP Pro to Win & Pro;
so now using IE 8.

Unable to use either "Open in New Tab" or
"Open in New Window"

With New Tab command a Tab opens but nothing happens
eg there is no URL at base showing where page is going
With New Window nothing at all happens.

Have checked all settings I'm aware of or can find ...no luck.
MS WEbsite hopeless...too many red herrings and far too much
reading demanded, often on irrelevant topics.

Discussion is locked

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First steps.
Aug 27, 2010 10:45PM PDT

In IE > Tools > Internet Options, then General tab, open the Tabbed Browsing sub page and make sure "Enable Tabbed Browsing" is selected.

If that doesn't do it, look at your IE Add-ons, (IE > Tools > Manage Add-ons). Start an elimination test to see if any of the add-ons are causing this.

Mark

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Ie * Tebs and New window
Aug 28, 2010 9:41AM PDT

As i said in OP have check settings and the Enable Tab browsing was the first to be checked.

Also all add-ons have been disabled.

Problem persists

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Please Try This...
Sep 2, 2010 7:56AM PDT

To resolve this issue, re-register the DLL files that are related to Internet Explorer. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and type "Run" in the Search window, then press the "Enter" key.

2. When the "Run" box loads, type regsvr32 urlmon.dll in the Open box, and then click OK.

3. Click OK when you receive the following message:

* DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded

4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for the rest of the DLL files by replacing the regsvr32 urlmon.dll command in the Open box with the following commands:

* regsvr32 actxprxy.dll
* regsvr32 shdocvw.dll
* regsvr32 mshtml.dll
* regsvr32 browseui.dll
* regsvr32 jscript.dll
* regsvr32 vbscript.dll
* regsvr32 oleaut32.dll

Now your IE8 Open in New Window/Tab feature, should work.

Hope this helps.

Grif