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Opening links in new window by sugarshane on 03-19-2007 at 10:46 AM

Ok, so i just downloaded Windows Live Messenger. Yeah i know i'm 6 months behind everyone else. But here's the thing, whenever i click a link in a conversation window, the link opens up in an active window, instead of opening a new window. It's very annoying when the links just open over whatever i'm viewing in the active windows. Any ideas on how to get links to open in a new window? Thanks in advance.


RE: Opening links in new window by John Anderton on 03-19-2007 at 10:56 AM

sugarshane, if you're using Firefox, you can set this option in firefox itself. WLM doesn't have an option for this but your browser does. IE and opera do too :)
For firefox, click tools > options > tabs. Select new pages should be opened in new tabs (or windows if you want :))

Hope that helps :)


RE: Opening links in new window by sugarshane on 03-19-2007 at 11:01 AM

Thanks so much! After spending nearly an hour going through WLM and the Plus settings it's solved with 1 tick box. Thanks again.


RE: Opening links in new window by coopersmummy on 03-22-2007 at 04:42 AM

Argh, finally! Thanks dude! I was going bonkers!


RE: Opening links in new window by bjarnim on 03-28-2007 at 11:00 AM

Hi,
this is a great soloution and works fine for me on Firefox but have you got some soloution for IE6/7 ?
Thanks
Bjarni


RE: Opening links in new window by Nathan on 03-28-2007 at 11:33 AM

Tools -> "Where it says Tabs click Settings" -> "Where it says 'When a pop up is encountered' check the radiobox saying "Always open pop-ups ina new tab"

Hope this helps :)

Nathan