cant have multiple ie open at once!

[revelation323]

hey. when i open ie and search etc, everything is cool but when i open a link in a new window or try to open two browsers, the first of the two closes. frustrating as all hell! can't have multiple ie's open at once!

 

[bcastner]

In IE, Tools, Internet Options, Advanced, uncheck 'reuse Windows when launching shortcuts.'

 

[logi2000]

i uncheck 'reuse Windows when launching shortcuts.' but i still have the problem

 

[bcastner]

Open a new notepad session, to be called IE_fix.cmd, and copy/paste the below:

regsvr32 urlmon.dll
regsvr32 Shdocvw.dll
regsvr32 Msjava.dll
regsvr32 Actxprxy.dll
regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 Mshtml.dll
regsvr32 Browseui.dll
regsvr32 Shell32.dll

Save the file, then double click IE_fix.cmd and answer the prompts. Ignore any error messages.

Reboot and test again.

In the alternative for XP, use the free utility IEFIX:

http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFIX.htm

 

[logi2000]

it seems to work. but could you tell me a little more detail about what was the problem, and what caused it ?

thanks

 

[bcastner]

Some of the IE rollups do not register critical DLLs as they should. There are a lot of reasons why the re-registration can fail, but it is easy enough to fix.

Best,
Bill Castner