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jonathandh - 16 Jul 2007 18:28 GMT

I have noticed a strange behavior while using IE7 on Windows XP SP2. If I
have IE7 set to NOT use tabbed browsing, and I also UNcheck "Reuse windows
for launching shortcuts", then clicking on a URL in an e-mail message causes
a new IE window to open (as expected), but also causes any minimized IE
windows to also open. They don't open to the new page, meaning they retain
the page they were on, but why are the coming up at all? I'm guessing this
has something to do with the tabbed browsing code, but I'm not sure. Anyone
else experience this, and know of a fix?

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P. Di Stolfo - 16 Jul 2007 21:47 GMT

Hello,

for me it's not every IE window that gets maximized, but the last. I think
this is normal behavior. The link must be somewhat sent to one of these IE
windows and this window is opened and proceeds with the link, or something.
Is really every window opened when you try?

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo

>I have noticed a strange behavior while using IE7 on Windows XP SP2. If I
> have IE7 set to NOT use tabbed browsing, and I also UNcheck "Reuse windows
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> Anyone
> else experience this, and know of a fix?

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jonathandh - 17 Jul 2007 14:10 GMT

You are right. It isn't every minimized IE window that maximizes, just one
of them. However, I noticed that each time I opened a new IE session from a
link in an e-mail, it pulled up a different minimized window to fulfill the
request. Weird.

I understand your point about it bringing up a window to open a new window
and fulfill the request, but that still seems like bad coding. If I minimize
a window, I expect it to stay minimized until I tell it otherwise. :-)

Thanks!

> Hello,
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> > else experience this, and know of a fix?

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