There is a bug detected in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, which creates problem to open links in a new tab or a new window. This issue occurs when a user right-clicks a web link/address on a web page, and then click [Open in New Window] or [Open in New Tab]. This bug makes the web page cannot be opened in a new window/tab.
This is caused due to some registry problems occurred, when the program doesn’t get installed properly. To resolve this issue, follow the below steps:
1. Go to Start > Run, type cmd and click ok.
2. In cmd window, type regsvr32 actxprxy.dll and enter it.
3. Now you will receive the following message: DllRegisterServer in actxprxy.dll succeeded. Click Ok
4. Restart your computer.
UPDATE - (New Method)
To resolve this issue, re-register the DLL files that are related to Internet Explorer. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, and then click Run
2. Type regsvr32 urlmon.dll in the Open box, and then click OK.
3. Click OK when you receive the following message:
- DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded
4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for the rest of the DLL files by replacing the regsvr32 urlmon.dll command in the Open box with the following commands:
- regsvr32 actxprxy.dll
- regsvr32 shdocvw.dll
- regsvr32 mshtml.dll
- regsvr32 browseui.dll
- regsvr32 jscript.dll
- regsvr32 vbscript.dll
- regsvr32 oleaut32.dll
Now your IE8 Open in New Window/Tab feature, should work simply fine.
Source: Microsoft
Update – New Working Method
Download this registry file and run it. Click ‘Yes’ when dialog box appears to add it to Windows registry. Hope it works! Thanks lasiek & neil for the tip.
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Hi,
I am using integrated in my application. I am also unable to open the webpage with newwindow/newtab. The webpage is not loading unless i hit enter in the url box.
I tired all the approaches you mentioned here but unforunately nothing is working for me.
Please help me out
Thanks.
I am using IE8 with winXP/Win 7
Had already found first suggestion in this post, that didn’t work.
Importing the .REG did just the trick on my Win7 x64
So.. Thank you!! =)
Great!!! with your Fix_IE8Win7.reg I solved my problem.
Thank you very much!!
After almost a year with this “new tabs not loading problem” (with ie 7) as well as a printing problem with same ie7, this method finally worked and the IE is working just fine! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
I found a new problem, and I dont know, how many people have encountered this, but this sucks big time, cause I cant install IE8 again or I get the same error.
Every time I install IE8 it corrupts my registry the Folder key to be exact, I can no longer open a folder in the same window it always opens in a different one, so as of now I’m stuck with IE7. But I think upgrading to Windows 7 might fix this, but it would be better to fix the problem now :S
Pryokinetic-
I can tell you that I am having the same problem in Win7 x86 with IE8 not opening in a new window or new tab, and some links will not open in the same window for security purposes.
So I don’t know if you had gone ahead and upgraded to Win 7 (it is a good OS IMO so far) but don’t be looking for Win7 to come along and save the day because it probably won’t.
Tnx!
*reg works
Well if any of you windows zombies had a brain you wouldn’t use IE.
Excellent job. Reg Mod worked perfectly after going out of my mind looking for a fix…
Great job.
Registry file worked successfully.
and finally problem has been fixed.
I was facing this problem since last 6 months.
Thanks buddy…
Fix for me, had to do it twice for some reason.
The FixWin7_IE8.reg script (available here in this post above) worked for me on my Acer-built machine.
That machine had a trial version of MacAfee pre-installed, I deleted that using add/remove programs and don’t know whether THAT was the cause of this or not; at any rate, MacAfee does offer a tool to completely remove the rest of their awful program, and I used that tool before running the FixWin7_IE8.reg.
As I understand it, (according to a post on another site anyway) the short “.reg” script here was a product of someone inside Microsoft Support Services. If that’s true it is a mystery to me why they don’t post it somewhere easily accessible so more people can get this IE8 problem fixed.
Go figure.
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