Re: Can not bring IE6 window to front

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Don:

Do you mean Browser Help Objects (BHO)?

As in : http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/bho/

Terry


"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
news:%23zWl3eo8FHA.2800@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
> Start with this article:
> New program window appears behind all other open windows
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=886217
>
> Then...
> From Control Panel> Internet Options> Advanced> uncheck "Enable third
> party
> browser extensions." With IE6 [XP] SP2, go to Tools> Manage add-ons and
> disable non-Microsoft add-ons. If either of those steps helps, you need to
> find the troublesome extension, BHO, add-on or program and disable it or
> change settings.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "Terry Locke" <terry.locke[at]comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:g4KdnXilyukuahreRVn-uw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hope someone can help me. I am having a problem viewing IE6 windows when
> I
>> launch a new window from a IE6 window by right clicking on a link and
> chose
>> "open in new window" What happens is the new window opens but I can not
>> bring the original window to the front so I can see it even though it
>> becomes the active window. I either have to move other windows out of
>> the
>> way or minimize them or delete them so I can see the original window.
> this
>> becomes a pain when using a search engine such as Google because I like
>> to
>> hold the search results in one window while I open new widows from those
>> results links. The funny thing is that it only happens in one of the
> three
>> user accounts I set up on this computer. The other 2 accounts behave
>> correctly. I am thinking is may be some user setting that I changed in
> this
>> account but for the life of me I can't find anything having to do with
>> controlling the windows. Any one have any idea?
>


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