I installed IE7 several months ago and did not even realize this until
recently that clicking CTRL+Click won't open the link in a new tab. I'm not
sure if this was because of a recent update or something else as I haven't
used this pc for some time. I have Windows XP, IE7 v7.0.5730.13. Tabs are
enabled; to the best of my understanding, so are shortcut keys. These work
when I type CTRL+T (for new tab), etc. But CTRL+click just opens a new window
to the maximum size of the desktop (but not 'maximized'). Plus, this is
regardless of where I CTRL+click. That is, if I CTRL+Click on anywhere within
an IE window, a new window appears that goes to my homepage.

I have tried reseting IE settings as well as running IE without add-ons, but
no luck. Another post says this might have something to do with an nvidia
utility, but didn't say much more. Thought I'd put it out there that I do
have nvidia (primarily to manage two monitors).

Any help would be appreciated

You may have a horked (dirty; bad; flawed) install of IE7 now for whatever
reason. I suggest that you...

1. Uninstall IE7 (which automatically returns you to IE6) per
http://www.ie-vista.com/kbase2.html

2a. Uninstall all toolbars and third-party Windows Themes (including Window
Blinds).

2b. Disable all Norton Add-ons, if applicable.

3. Reinstall IE7 exactly per
http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#pre-install, and using
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/default.mspx as the installation
source, not Automatic/Windows Update.

4. IMMEDIATELY go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and install any
critical updates offered. If a "Root Certificates" update is listed in the
Optional category, you might install it, too, to take full advantage of
IE7's additional security.

Also see:

IEBlog : IE7 (Un)Installation and Anti-Malware Applications
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...lications.aspx
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

alihb1984 wrote:
> I installed IE7 several months ago and did not even realize this until
> recently that clicking CTRL+Click won't open the link in a new tab. I'm
> not
> sure if this was because of a recent update or something else as I haven't
> used this pc for some time. I have Windows XP, IE7 v7.0.5730.13. Tabs are
> enabled; to the best of my understanding, so are shortcut keys. These work
> when I type CTRL+T (for new tab), etc. But CTRL+click just opens a new
> window to the maximum size of the desktop (but not 'maximized'). Plus,
> this
> is regardless of where I CTRL+click. That is, if I CTRL+Click on anywhere
> within an IE window, a new window appears that goes to my homepage.
>
> I have tried reseting IE settings as well as running IE without add-ons,
> but
> no luck. Another post says this might have something to do with an nvidia
> utility, but didn't say much more. Thought I'd put it out there that I do
> have nvidia (primarily to manage two monitors).
>
> Any help would be appreciated

"alihb1984" <alihb1984@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E1B625E8-EFBB-42A7-A831-2CEDDB699A6A@microsoft.com...
>I installed IE7 several months ago and did not even realize this until
> recently that clicking CTRL+Click won't open the link in a new tab. I'm not
> sure if this was because of a recent update or something else as I haven't
> used this pc for some time. I have Windows XP, IE7 v7.0.5730.13. Tabs are
> enabled; to the best of my understanding, so are shortcut keys. These work
> when I type CTRL+T (for new tab), etc. But CTRL+click just opens a new window
> to the maximum size of the desktop (but not 'maximized'). Plus, this is
> regardless of where I CTRL+click. That is, if I CTRL+Click on anywhere within
> an IE window, a new window appears that goes to my homepage.
>
> I have tried reseting IE settings as well as running IE without add-ons, but
> no luck.

> Another post says this might have something to do with an nvidia
> utility, but didn't say much more. Thought I'd put it out there that I do
> have nvidia (primarily to manage two monitors).


That's because I don't use nVidia and just report that another
poster had found a solution for this symptom from that direction.

Have you tried searching other posts for a more explicit explanation?
Hint: very few posters use the Communities voting mechanisms so if the
seminal thread occurred too long ago you would have to search using
Google Groups. (It was over a year ago IIRC.) Otherwise you could try
searching on nVidia forums. Etc.


>
> Any help would be appreciated


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
---

Thanks. After some more extensive searching, and several mentions of nvidia
possibly causing this problem, I looked into my nvidia drivers and having
updated those, I can now use Ctrl+click.


"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

> "alihb1984" <alihb1984@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E1B625E8-EFBB-42A7-A831-2CEDDB699A6A@microsoft.com...
> >I installed IE7 several months ago and did not even realize this until
> > recently that clicking CTRL+Click won't open the link in a new tab. I'm not
> > sure if this was because of a recent update or something else as I haven't
> > used this pc for some time. I have Windows XP, IE7 v7.0.5730.13. Tabs are
> > enabled; to the best of my understanding, so are shortcut keys. These work
> > when I type CTRL+T (for new tab), etc. But CTRL+click just opens a new window
> > to the maximum size of the desktop (but not 'maximized'). Plus, this is
> > regardless of where I CTRL+click. That is, if I CTRL+Click on anywhere within
> > an IE window, a new window appears that goes to my homepage.
> >
> > I have tried reseting IE settings as well as running IE without add-ons, but
> > no luck.
>
> > Another post says this might have something to do with an nvidia
> > utility, but didn't say much more. Thought I'd put it out there that I do
> > have nvidia (primarily to manage two monitors).
>
>
> That's because I don't use nVidia and just report that another
> poster had found a solution for this symptom from that direction.
>
> Have you tried searching other posts for a more explicit explanation?
> Hint: very few posters use the Communities voting mechanisms so if the
> seminal thread occurred too long ago you would have to search using
> Google Groups. (It was over a year ago IIRC.) Otherwise you could try
> searching on nVidia forums. Etc.
>
>
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated
>
>
> Good luck
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
> ---
>
>
>