Re: Trying again - New window disappearing

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I was having the exact same problem. Thanks to this thread I have cured it.
It was Adwatch monitor, I inadvertently had it set to block popups. Unchecked
the box and hey presto - problem solved!

Thanks guys.

Barrie

"Linda Woodard" wrote:

Thanks to both of you. I don't think its Spyware for several reasons. I
have the Google menu bar but don't use it's Popup blocker. In fact, when I
first started working on this I removed the menu software altogether. It
didn't make any difference. I've also tried using it's Popup blocker and
turning ie6's blocker off. Again, no difference.

I removed Microsoft's Windows Defender (Spyware blocker and remover) but it
made no difference -- and it didn't find any Spyware when I ran a scan
before removing it.

I ran Ad-Aware SE. It found a bunch of cookies but that's all. I also
don't use Ad-Watch, the real-time component, so its not blocking -- just
scanning and removing.

I've removed everything from my system tray (startup) except the McAfee
virus and firewall software that comes with my MSN account.

The difference between a new window opened automatically by the link and one
opened by right-clicking and then selecting "Open in new window" would be
interesting to know and perhaps helpful in troubleshooting this.

Btw, I did have the Sun Java runtime software but I removed it. That made
no difference either.

Any more suggestions to narrow this down a bit?

Howard
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"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
news:uOxJ3EQYGHA.3848@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,
Check the settings of any third-party security, privacy, ad-blocking
programs (or toolbars) that are installed. One of them is probably
blocking
the new window.

This sounds, specifically, like the work of Ad-aware Pro/Plus- the "Block
pop-ups" feature (of Ad-watch.) It sometimes allows a window to open
momentarily before closing it.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Linda Woodard" <ll_woodard[at]msn.com> wrote in message
news:O4lAcTPYGHA.3848@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I posted this earlier, then added stuff as it occurred to me, and then
thoroughly confused myself as well as anyone else that might be reading
my
entries. I'm gonna start again and see if I can do a better job of
asking
for help.

I use XP Home. My browser (ie6) seems to work perfectly as long as the
next
link is brought up on the same instance/window. However, links that
bring
up a new window stay open for a second or less -- displaying the header
of
the new page -- and then simply disappear. No error message or any other
indication. Just briefly flashed and then gone. If I right-click on the
link and then click on "Open in new window" it opens in a new window
perfectly. Or, if I paste the link into the current instance it will
open
perfectly as well. It's just when I left-click on a link that then tries
to
open the link in a new window itself.

The Advanced Setting "Reuse windows when launching shortcuts" seems to
have
no effect on it -- in fact, I can't see any effect that this setting has
on
anything.

Can anyone help with this or at least point me in a direction that might
help me resolve it?

Thanks in advance,

Howard




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