Re: Internet Explorer Bug??

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From: Left Hand of Empire (jack_foreigner_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: 16 Aug 2004 06:21:57 -0700

Andrew H. Carter <lvjgrvdb@knuubxdcq.wnc> wrote in message news:<g0dvh0p7crilaffemdfs7cf1a74kjj3el9@4ax.com>...
> On 14 Aug 2004 19:44:19 -0700, jack_foreigner@yahoo.com
> (Left Hand of Empire) scribbled some thoughts:
>
> >Hello, All:
> >
> >Would someone please advise -- is there some kind of bug (haha,
> >seriously) in Internet Explorer which makes new windows not like the
> >old ones from which they spawned?
> >
> >Er, I mean, I have my first window in IE open when I launch the app.
> >I hit CRTL+N for New Window, but the new window isn't exactly like the
> >old one; the new one is missing the status bar. Aren't new windows
> >supposed to spawn (or whatever the term is) as exact replicas of the
> >original one?
> >
> >I ask because that was the case at first, when I had my laptop, but
> >now, a few installations later, I notice that my windows are not
> >spawning as exact clones anymore!
> >
> >Is this some kind of bug??
> >
> >I also noticed that on my old laptop, the new windows not only did not
> >have the status bar of the original, they also weren't the same text
> >size (View-->Text Size-->Largest).
> >
> >All thoughts appreciated.
> >
> >
> >TIA!
>
>
> How many apps do you have running?

Sometimes only IE, other times three or four. Same thing, though,
always.

> How many windows of IE do you have running?

Sometimes only the two, other times up to ten, eleven. Same exact
thing, though; always.

> When you click the Launch IE button does it open maximized?
> Or do you have to maximize it?

Yes, at least that! (It opens maximized if the last window of the app
I closed was closed maximized, and vice-versa.)

> Also does the status bar
> appear when you launch IE from the button?

See, this is the thing: on this new laptop, the status bar did,
originally. Now, it does not. Same thing on the other, older,
laptop. Oh, come to think of it, neither does it do that here on my
computer at work!
 
> My guess you have too many apps running or that you don't
> have reuse windows checked in IE advanced options.

Thanks for the tip, but I'd just checked, and that is indeed turned
on!

You're referring to the "Reuse windows for launching shortcut" under
"Browsing" on the "Advanced" tab of "Internet Options," right? BTW,
Windows Help states that this feature allows what it calles
"Internet-aware" programs to launch a link from within an already open
IE window instead of a whole new one (say, when you click on Adobe
Reader) -- which doesn't sound like my problem! =)

Again, like I said, everything started out fine...I don't know how it
is that I've "lost" this...at least it's only the status bar on the
new one; on the other one the new window doesn't even keep the same
text size!

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