problem with ie5.5 links closing
i am running ie5.5,sp2 (recently rolled back from ie6.0, sp1) on win2000pro....
an intermittent problem i am encountering is that various toolbar url links (and also url links in desk top folders), when clicked, will begin to open a new window (that's how i want it, i do not have the "reuse windows for launching shortcuts" option checked in advance settings), but after just a few brief seconds, the new window will disappear, and of course, never open.
as i say, this is intermittent, occurring only about 5% of the time, and usually happens after being online for an extended period of time. closing all browser windows, then reopening them one by one, seems to alleviate this condition.
also, when this begins to happen, i have opened task manager and noticed that there are 2 or 3 IEXPLORE.EXE processes running simultaneously.
i have no idea if this task manager observation is in any way related to the closing browser windows, but felt it worth noting.
btw, i would have tried running the ie repair tool, but i was unable to locate it via the add/remove program feature. i guess ie5.5 doesn't offer the repair tool?
anyone have any suggestions regarding these intermittently closing (instead of opening) browser windows?
thank you so much
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