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Windows Vista27
You can no longer drag a url link from an email and drop it on an I.E.

window



This used to be a good way of opening a webpage in a specific IE window

instead of clicking the link which would open in whichever window it felt

like - which might be over the top of a web page you want to keep open



Is this a problem with Vista mail or IE7 and is it likely to get fixed

properly?


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"JethroUK©" <reply@the.board>wrote in message

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Far from being a problem, it's an improved feature, long touted as superior

when other browsers used it first. You can set links to perform whatever

desired behavior you prefer with the TABS option settings.

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Mark L. Ferguson



"JethroUK©" <reply@the.board>wrote in message

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Yes tabs are wonderful - but!



"You can no longer (you used to be able to) drag a url link from an email

and drop it on an I.E. window"



Is this a problem with Vista mail or IE7 and is it likely to get fixed

properly?







"Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in

message news:5F09C3E9-A584-4F6A-849C-6D20E2414537@microsoft.com...

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In fact i notice you can't even drag a url link from one IE window to

another (or even one tab to another) - which suggests it's an IE7 problem







"JethroUK©" <reply@the.board>wrote in message

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Hi,

That was changed about 2 years ago, maybe longer. It was one of a number of

security enhancements quietly slipped into IE6 via updates. It's not a Vista

/ IE7 issue.



Hope this helps,

Don

[MS MVP- IE]



"JethroUK©" <reply@the.board>wrote in message

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"JethroUK©" <reply@the.board>wrote in message

Why you don't want to re-enable Drag and Drop:

How to help protect against the Internet Explorer Click and Scroll security

issue (2004.11.1)

support.microsoft.com/kb/888534" >support.microsoft.com/kb/888534



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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM

www.fjsmjs.com

Do not reply with email



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"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org>wrote in message

I do - but tried this article and unfortunately it still doesn't work

(drag/drop is already enabled which must be some other issue)







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"JethroUK©" <reply@the.board>wrote in message



I think it is due to IE7 running in Protected Mode, as this does not happen

in XP. But this does happen in XP when you RunAs IE7 as another user. When

IE7 runs in Protected Mode, it is not actually running in your userspace.

It's sandboxed.



Does this happen with UAC turned off?



ss.





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"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk>wrote in message

Oh, I just realised that I misread your question.



ss.





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