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Software => Internet browsers => Topic started by: kim1218 on February 09, 2008, 10:19:46 AM

Title: why do all the windows close when i close one?
Post by: kim1218 on February 09, 2008, 10:19:46 AM

I'm new to this, so I'm sorry if I'm in the wrong place.  When I have multiple windows open through the internet and I close one, they ALL close.  I've poked around my computer trying to fix it, but I am pretty much computer illiterate.  It is a problem when a window opens during an online purchase and it automatically closes when I click in it (it's not a pop-up, but for purchasing a warranty on electronics).  Can anyone help using layman's terms?

Title: Re: why do all the windows close when i close one?
Post by: Broni on February 09, 2008, 11:18:28 AM

I assume, this is Internet Explorer? What version? What Windows version?
Try to disable all add-ons...
Tools > Manage Add-ons > Enable or Disable Add-ons

Title: Re: why do all the windows close when i close one?
Post by: kim1218 on February 09, 2008, 12:02:22 PM

I disabled all add-ons, and it seems to have worked.  THANK YOU!! :D

Title: Re: why do all the windows close when i close one?
Post by: Broni on February 09, 2008, 12:08:04 PM

Now, you can start enabling them one-by-one.
Enable first one, open couple of IE windows, close one, and see if second one stays.
Repeat this procedure with each add-on, until you'll find the culprit.

Try Firefox, you may like it better.

Title: Re: why do all the windows close when i close one?
Post by: squall_01 on February 18, 2008, 04:18:21 PM

Quote from: kim1218 on February 09, 2008, 10:19:46 AM

I'm new to this, so I'm sorry if I'm in the wrong place.  When I have multiple windows open through the internet and I close one, they ALL close.  I've poked around my computer trying to fix it, but I am pretty much computer illiterate.  It is a problem when a window opens during an online purchase and it automatically closes when I click in it (it's not a pop-up, but for purchasing a warranty on electronics).  Can anyone help using layman's terms?

This is explore 7 its just the way it was made by default so that multi pages didn't have to come up.  Just so you know.

Title: Re: why do all the windows close when i close one?
Post by: Broni on February 18, 2008, 04:44:57 PM

Quote

This is explore 7 its just the way it was made by default so that multi pages didn't have to come up.  Just so you know.

Nonsense.

Title: Re: why do all the windows close when i close one?
Post by: LeeFer on February 22, 2008, 06:10:57 AM

I am also having this problem with IE 6.0 but when I look under Tools I do not have Manage Add-ons as an option. Any ideas? :P

Title: Re: why do all the windows close when i close one?
Post by: Broni on February 22, 2008, 05:39:03 PM

LeeFer
You need to start your own topic.

Title: Re: why do all the windows close when i close one?
Post by: cbarney73 on February 06, 2009, 01:54:36 PM

Thank goodness someone had sound advice.  My computer just started the same thing of closing all tabs when I just wanted one.  Disabling add-ons worked perfectly.  Thanks for having this post, it saved me!

Title: Re: why do all the windows close when i close one?
Post by: Broni on February 06, 2009, 06:44:56 PM

Two birds with one shot ;D

Title: Re: why do all the windows close when i close one?
Post by: squall_01 on February 08, 2009, 01:28:33 PM

how can that noit be??  In IE 6 you had all these windows all over the place compared to IE 7 an its security improvements.

Title: Re: why do all the windows close when i close one?
Post by: BC_Programmer on February 08, 2009, 02:22:55 PM

Quote from: squall_01 on February 08, 2009, 01:28:33 PM

how can that noit be??  In IE 6 you had all these windows all over the place compared to IE 7 an its security improvements.

you said IE7:

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This is explore 7 its just the way it was made by default so that multi pages didn't have to come up.  Just so you know.

Title: Re: why do all the windows close when i close one?
Post by: squall_01 on February 08, 2009, 02:28:08 PM

thats what I'm saing but someone was saing I was wrong and such about it.

Title: Re: why do all the windows close when i close one?
Post by: kpac on February 08, 2009, 02:28:36 PM

You're confusing yourself again.