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INTERNET EXPLORER 6 - OPENS BLANK WINDOWS

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by mozster 1 view

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Hi,

I have Windows XP SP3 and was running IE6 quite happily. I stupidly decided to upgrade to IE7, used it for a few days and didn't like it so removed it via Add/Remove Programs.

The system has now rolled back to IE6 but the problem is whenever I right click and take "open in new window" it opens the site as requested but then also opens an extra blank IE window.
Whenever you click a link on a website that requests a new window to open again it opens 2 and the extra one is blank! Anyone any ideas?
I've scanned with Adaware and Spybot and system is malware free. Mcafee also reports there are no viruses present.

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by patb071

Have you tried going to internet options advanced and restore setting?

by mozster

I've managed to get this working, some obscure Microsoft bug from Dec 2005. Found a registry key to delete at the MSDN site.
Thanks anyway :)

by thumbsup2

I would advise you to get used to IE7 eventually, like it or not. After all, the next time you update your OS, IE6 won't be anywhere around. It will be IE7 at the very minimum and probably IE8 by then. If you don't want a sharp learning curve later, get used to IE7 now. It's only slightly different than IE6 with buttons in different places.

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