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[WhiteCloud6]

in a NEW window?

It's getting old having the shortcut use a Internet Explorer window of a page I haven't finished with yet.

Isn't there a key press or something to do this?

Thanks for any help, I should have asked this years ago.

[jonny]

This should go in the support section, really...

But, to do it, use "iexplore http://www.google.com" as opposed to "http://www.google.com". Or, you could switch to Firefox and have the problem solved instantly by wonderful documentation and nigh infinite customization. (You can set whether external url's open in a new tab/window)

[whitecloud6th]

Thanks for the reply, jonny.

It'd be better if I didn't have to have AHK do this. That's why I didn't put it in the support section. If there's no built-in way to "open in new window", I'll put an ahk script on my desktop that will do what you said and exit itself after it runs. Maybe I can drag and drop the url shortcuts onto the ahk script.

At least there should be an option when I right click on the url shortcut giving me the choice, "open in new window". But no

[Titan]

Hmm, why don't you try Googling for shell net-browser or something

ShellBrowser = iexplorer.exe / opera.exe / firefox.exe
Run, %ShellBrowser% http://www.yahoo.com

[jonny]

Anything that'll work in the Run command will work in a shortcut, too, you don't need a script.

[WhiteCloud6]

This is just for recreational web surfing at home. I'll be surfing a webpage, want to look something else up (dictionary definition, the weather, tv guide, etc.) without having to "go back" and re-load the page i was reading when i'm done. This isn't just for 1 or 2 static url's, it's for about 20 urls that I am currently interested in these days. So I'd rather not convert my IE shortcuts every few days to regular (.exe) shortcuts.


btw I'm using Windows 2000 if that helps.

note: i googled "shell net-browser" and got meaningless results

I'm thinking the easiest way to accomplish my goal is to drag and drop my url shortcuts onto a simple ahk script on my desktop.

[Chris]

There is also a setting in MSIE "Tools >> Options" to open all links in new browser windows.

[WhiteCloud6th]

Thanks Chris, it's called "reuse windows for launching shortcuts"

I unchecked it now. It works out perfect this way for me. If I DO want to reuse a window to launch a shortcut I can just drag the shortcut onto the window.