Can not bring IE6 window to front

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Terry Locke

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]
 
Don:

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

Terry

Don Varnau said:
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 said:
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?
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Don:

Do you mean Browser Help Objects (BHO)?

As in : http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/bho/

Terry


Don Varnau said:
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 said:
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?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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 said:
Don:

Do you mean Browser Help Objects (BHO)?

As in : http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/bho/

Terry
Click to expand...
Don Varnau said:
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 said:
Hope someone can help me. I am having a problem viewing IE6 windows
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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?
Click to expand...
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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?
 
Don Varnau said:
Hi,
Start with this article:
New program window appears behind all other open windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=886217
Click to expand...


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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