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Old 01-05-2006, 06:30 AM
David Candy
 
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Default Re: New browser window

It's exactly what you are looking for. Internet Options - Advanced not Internet Shortcut's properties.

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"Dennis" <junk@galron.com> wrote in message news:OdIKHmB0FHA.1040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Carey,
>
> That's close but not exactly what I'm looking for. I already know that if
> I click on the Internet Explorer icon, it'll come up on a new brower window.
> My problem involves icons on my desktop which go to specific web sites.
>
> For example, if I'm looking at www.cnn.com, I can drop a link/icon to this
> site onto my desktop and later, I can just double click the icon to go to
> the site. But, unfortunately, this method only fires up a new browser if
> one is not running. If one or more are already running, it will take over
> the most recently instantiated and reuse it.
>
> I edited the icons I'm having problems with and at Properties > Advanced,
> there is no option such as you described. Is there another way to achieve
> what I want?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Dennis Gallagher
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:#A6KJMB0FHA.3856@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Right-click on your Desktop Internet Explorer icon and select:
>> Properties > Advanced and 'uncheck' "Reuse windows for launching

> shortcuts",
>> then click "Apply".
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>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP Shell/User
>> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
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>> "Dennis" wrote:
>>
>> | I run a couple of internet camera windows on my desktop all the time.

> I
>> | also have some icons on the desktop which give me quick access to

> certain
>> | web sites like CNN, EBay and etc.
>> |
>> | My problem is that when I click one of my icons, it always causes the

> most
>> | recently instantiated browser to go to the new site and thus it clobbers

> one
>> | of my internet camera views.
>> |
>> | Is there a way to alter the icons so that clicking them always starts a

> new
>> | browser rather than having them take over the most recently instantiated
>> | one?
>> |
>> | Thanks,
>> |
>> | Dennis
>>

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