Outlook 2003 XP Pro SP1 - hyperlinks

[John]

Is there a way to force hyperlinks to open in the same window in IE6, when
called from Outlook (or any other Office 2003 application)?

I upgraded from Office 2000 where this was not an issue - the setting in
Internet Options "Reuse windows for launching shortcuts" was honoured.
However, this does not appear to be the case with Outlook/Office 2003.
Surely this can't be hard coded, as I would expect that the settings of the
program being called would take precedence over any other settings.

This is a major nuisance when opening a lot of links from within an e-mail.
It doesn't happen when opening links from Outlook Newsreader or any other
non-Office 2003 application.

Am I missing something? If not, any workarounds?

Thanks

John

 

[Roady]

It is a IE setting that can be modified in the registry. For more info;
http://www.sparnaaij.net/howto/reuseiewindow.htm

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[John]

Thanks for the reply, however this registry value is already set correctly
(it just reflects the state of the "Reuse windows for launching shortcuts"
in Internet - Options - Advanced). Does toggling this value work for you?
I'd be interested to know. I've already tried most variables, but have
failed to change this behaviour in Outlook/Office 2003, which leads me to
think it may be the (unchangeable) default.

Once again, thanks for your suggestion. Any other ideas?

John

 

[Roady]

What did you know... I actually overlooked that option and went for the
registry key

That option certainly works for me. Do you have pop-up blockers installed
that could be causing this? If the problem is not restricted to Outlook I
suggest you try your luck in the Internet Explorer newsgroup.
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[John]

No pop-up blockers installed - or anything else that I suspect might cause
the problem. IE6 works as expected when called from Outlook Express (as the
Outlook Newsreader) it opens a new window for each link only from Outlook
2003 and Word 2003 - which made me think this was a setting within Office
2003.

Thanks for your help.

John