New Windows Not Opening In IE.

[HikageIdaten]

Ok, I'm not sure if this has been done, I've seen topics like this, but none really have the solution to my problem. I don't know if I seem stupid on here or anything. I'm only 14 but no other sites look promising.

On to my problem. If I open up Internet Explorer (optimum connection) everything works fine. But if I click on a link that opens up in a new window, it will never load. I've tryed this out on numerous sites, so I'm convinced it's my computer. I've tried searching my computer for some kind op pop-up blocker that might have installed itself but nothing worked. I'm hoping that someone can help me.

 

[bcastner]

People can qualify as stupid at any age. I personally qualify daily.

Start with this Microsft article. In particular I would like you to focus on the suggestion to re-register critical .DLL files. The issue can crop up after updates or for whatever reason, but it happens enough that I save the following as a .bat or .cmd file on all my systems and run it first thing when I suspect a problem:

******* copy/paste reg_ie.bat begins 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

******* end copy/paste reg_ie.bat

The article from Microsoft you should review:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q281679

If this does not resolve the issue, please post again.

 

[smah]

You may also want to read this thread:

Can't open a new window from within IE
thread608-132319

 

[AndyWatt]

Having been through the above thread I fixed it by replacing OLEAUT32.DLL with a different version from a PC which doesn't exhibit this behaviour. I appreciate that this is not recommend practice, but dammit, it works. Now it works like new.

Andy
"Logic is invincible because in order to combat logic it is necessary to use logic." -- Pierre Boutroux
"A computer program does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do." -- Greer's Third Law

 

[bcastner]

For Win98 it is not unusual that your solution will work.

 

[HikageIdaten]

I read the article and followed its steps yet it didn't work so I did the 'if this problem still accurs then blahdy blah...' but this notice came up when I hit run

This file does not have a program accociated with it for performing this action. Creat an accociation in My Computer by clicking View and then clicking Folder Options.

I could probably figure out what do do but I don't wanna risk screwing something up.