Can not bring IE6 window to front

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?

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@comcast.com...
> 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?

Don:

Thanks for the help I am going to try this. One question: What is BHO?

Terry

"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
news:%23zWl3eo8FHA.2800@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> 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@comcast.com...
>> 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?
>

Terry Locke wrote:
> Don:
>
> Thanks for the help I am going to try this. One question: What is
> BHO?
> Terry

BHO = Browser Helper Object
Often in real life it is more of a Browser Screw-up Object.
Especially extra toolbars and spyware.

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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@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> 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@comcast.com...
>> 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?
>

Yes... that page explains BHO's very well. Not all BHOs are bad, but even a
legitimate (good) BHO can cause problems.

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Terry Locke" <terry.locke[at]comcast.net> wrote in message
news:kL6dnTJC2pZREhXeRVn-uw@comcast.com...
> 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@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > 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.

> > "Terry Locke" <terry.locke[at]comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:g4KdnXilyukuahreRVn-uw@comcast.com...
> >> 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?

Hi Terry,
Did you resolve your foreground window problem? I am just wondering as it
has recently happened to me... By any chance are you using the MSN Search
toolbar with tabbed browsing?

"Terry Locke" <terry.locke@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:g4KdnXilyukuahreRVn-uw@comcast.com...
> 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?
>
>

"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
news:%23zWl3eo8FHA.2800@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> Start with this article:
> New program window appears behind all other open windows
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=886217


Don,


Great find! Thanks for pointing it out.

This seems to have finally resolved some problems that I have had
with dialogs appearing which don't have keyboard focus,
which I guess must be a related problem.

I have no idea how to reproduce the OP symptom.
I have had it too occasionally but too intermittently
to know for sure yet if this change will have affected it too.


Robert Aldwinckle
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