158958 - Launched URLs are opened in same window

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 155402

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[DAK]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.1b) Gecko/20020721
BuildID:    2002072104

When I double-click an Internet Shortcut or launch a URL from Windows, and a
Mozilla browser window is currently open, Mozilla opens the address in the same
window.  This means that the page I was viewing simply disappears, which is
*really* annoying.

Furthermore, there doesn't appear to be any way to turn this off in Preferences,
which seems to me would be a no-brainer.  I then tried to disable the "DDE"
option in Control Panel -> Folder Options -> File Types -> HTTP Protocol, but it
didn't help.

This problem is new to Mozilla 1.1beta; it did not occur in 1.1alpha or any
earlier versions.  In previous versions, each launched URL opened in its own
window, which was much more convenient.



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a browser window
2. Navigate to any page
3. Double-click an Internet Shortcut (or go to Start -> Run and type the URL)


Actual Results:  The new address is opened in the existing page.

Expected Results:  The new address should've opened in a new window.

Comment 1

[Bill Mason]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 155402 ***

Comment 2

[Paul Wyskoczka]

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