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Answer» Recently my browser started to repeatedly lose the ability to support multiple tabs. In Internet Explorer 8, I click on the drop-down menu arrow on the right side of the Command Bar's Home button, select Add or Change Home Page from that drop-down menu, and then select "Use the current tab set as your home page" in the Add or Change Home Page dialog box. Then I launch another instance of the browser and close the original one. Then I've got multiple tabs. Sometimes they'll still be there the next time I boot up, but after a couple times, they're gone again. I have an installation of Windows that’s only a few weeks old (so I doubt any files are corrupted), and all my antivirus and antimalware software tells me I’m as clean as a whistle. How do I fix this? Try this, go to internet explore 8, Internet options, then put your web addresses in the box home page then Apply. Reopen internet explorer 8, the web pages should be there.I tested that and find that it works. So, if he wants to open the same pages each time he opens IE, that should work. I was assuming the pages vary from one time to another and that he wanted IE to open the pages he was VIEWING when he last closed IE. This is what Firefox can do. Quote from: soybean on March 14, 2010, 11:08:27 AM I tested that and find that it works. So, if he wants to open the same pages each time he opens IE, that should work. I was assuming the pages vary from one time to another and that he wanted IE to open the pages he was viewing when he last closed IE. This is what Firefox can do. Good point I must admit I don't use Internet explorer 8 only use it if I have problems the other program. I use google CHROME as it works quicker for me. Cheers Bob, I see you posted your question in another forum. Yet, you have not clarified for us what you want to achieve. You have not responded to my comments about how IE works. Now, how about responding and clarifying what you want to achieve. I set up 3 home pages as twizzle had described. Clicking on the Home button shows all 3 of them, but only one can be opened at a time because somehow multiple tabs repeatedly becomes disabled. And of course, nor can I open in a new tab any other WEBPAGE from the Favorites list - I have to open it in the current tab or in a new window. So, what I want to achieve: I want to be able to navigate among multiple webpages, all simultaneously loaded into the same browser window, but each one in its own tab. Simple as that. Someone suggested that the problem could be caused by a browser add-on, but I was unable to confirm that, since right at this moment multiple-tabs is enabled (by the method I described previously), so there's no difference to be seen between running Internet Explorer in No-Addon mode or in "regular" mode. Any help would be most appreciated.Let's establish a basic fact. Do you know how to open IE, which will have a single tab when first opened, and open additional tabs in that window? If so, please state how you do it.soybean: IE will have only a single tab when first opened only if you haven't entered multiple home page URLs into the list in IE | Tools | Internet Options | General tab | Home page (as I have). And whether you have a single or multiple tabs, you can always open a new one by clicking on the unlabelled tab thing to the right of the single tab or bunch of tabs, but then you'll have to get some desired URL into the address bar. And of course you can open a new tab by right-clicking on a Favorite or a link and selecting Open in New Tab. Quote If you're thinking that IE should remember what tabs you have open when you close IE and then open those same tabs the next time you start IE, you're wrong. Didn't say anything LIKE that (read what I said again), didn't mean anything like that. Quote Let's establish a basic fact. Do you know how to open IE, which will have a single tab when first opened, and open additional tabs in that window? If so, please state how you do it. Do I detect a surly tone here?OK, as a regular user of Firefox, I confess I was not familiar with setting multiple home pages in IE. I've now tried it. I've set 3 different pages to open when IE opens. I've closed and opened several times and the pages appear (3 tabs) as they should. My settings in Tools | Internet Options | General tab | Tabs | Settings are the same as yours. So, I have no clue at present as to what may be causing your IE to lose those pages. Have you deleted browsing history recently? If not, you might try that and see whether it makes any difference.Another thought: You might reset all IE settings via Tools | Internet Options | General tab, and click the Reset button. Quote Do I detect a surly tone here? Pretty surly from someone asking for help... Get a grip. Quote Clicking on the Home button shows all 3 of them, but only one can be opened at a time Is this not contradictory? |
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