IE6 Opens Jpg's in New Window

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Does anyone know how to make IE open links to .jpg's in the current
window
and not open a new one each time? I have searched the groups but have
been unsuccessful in finding a solution. We have work instructions on
our intranet that link to pictures but when the user clicks on them it
launches a new IE window, we want it to open up in the current window.
The OS is Win XP SP2 running IE6.

Thanks,
Greg
 
Does anyone know how to make IE open links to .jpg's in the current
window
and not open a new one each time? I have searched the groups but have
been unsuccessful in finding a solution. We have work instructions on
our intranet that link to pictures but when the user clicks on them it
launches a new IE window, we want it to open up in the current window.
The OS is Win XP SP2 running IE6.

Thanks,
Greg
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See: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=241911
"Description of the Reuse Windows for Launching Shortcuts Setting in
Internet Explorer 5.01" (valid for all IE versions).
 
I've tried that but it doesn't work for launching jpgs. It does work
for opening hyperlinks to htm files but .jpg files.

Greg
 
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Does anyone know how to make IE open links to .jpg's in the current
window
and not open a new one each time? I have searched the groups but have
been unsuccessful in finding a solution. We have work instructions on
our intranet that link to pictures but when the user clicks on them it
launches a new IE window, we want it to open up in the current window.
The OS is Win XP SP2 running IE6.

Thanks,
Greg
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Read in the other group. That should clear it up for you? To include the
image just make it included or, alternatively, to link to it don't include
the target="_blank" in the a href string.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
 
So there is no way to launch these current shortcuts linked to pictures
like \\server\test.jpg to launch in the current instance of IE without
changing the html code? We just have quite a few pages that would need
to be changed is the problem. I really appreciate your help. I would
think there would be an easier way to do it but maybe that's why nobody
has the answer.

Greg
 
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My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
So there is no way to launch these current shortcuts linked to
pictures like \\server\test.jpg to launch in the current instance of
IE without changing the html code? We just have quite a few pages
that would need to be changed is the problem. I really appreciate
your help. I would think there would be an easier way to do it but
maybe that's why nobody has the answer.

Greg
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By default IE (and any other browser) will open the links in the same page
unless told to do otherwise with the target element. If the person who coded
the pages in the first place has them set to open in a new window then all
the code will need to be altered. Not that I can imagine WHY every single
image would be coded that way but, well, maybe there was a spec at the time
that demanded such?

If you're going to end up making a change like that then the time has come
to do a lot of other updates as well. The time involved in the altering
would be cost prohibitive without a value other than making life easier.
Perhaps you can use it (and likely many other things) to convince the folks
to consider a CMS or wiki-type of intranet.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
 
Well it isn't the html coding on the webpage. I have one machine that
opens the jpgs in the current window and one that opens up a new
instance of IE. It has to be an OS setting. The file types and
properties for jpg, jpe and jpeg are the same on both machines. Any
ideas, I can't believe this is something that should be this hard to
set.

Greg
 
In (e-mail address removed) had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Well it isn't the html coding on the webpage. I have one machine that
opens the jpgs in the current window and one that opens up a new
instance of IE. It has to be an OS setting. The file types and
properties for jpg, jpe and jpeg are the same on both machines. Any
ideas, I can't believe this is something that should be this hard to
set.

Greg
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This is just plain odd... It's not the HTML and yet all images open in new
browser instances/windows. I'll be perfectly honest with you - never seen
this one before.

Hmm...

Can you share a sample of the HTML code? I'll sign an NDA (within reason)
and accept it via private email (the email I use to send this is a real one)
to be more secure if you'd like.

The new window that opens... It's IE and not some third party photo editing
application perhaps or photo viewer? That's the only thing that I can think
of that *might* even remotely impact this.

I altered the title to the response so hopefully other folks will take a
gander at it because this is entirely new to me.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
 
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