IE in PowerPoint 2000

[Hammertime]

Hi there,

I have a user that has quite a few HTML links in their presentation that they wish to open during the talk, however, by the end of the presentation he has about 40 IE windows up! Is there a way that every time he clicks on a link it can appear in the same IE window as oppposed to a new one? Quite urgent so if anyone can advise please!

Many thanks,

Hammertime

 

[joegz]

Tools - Internet Options - Advanced
Check "Reuse Windows for launching shortcuts"

joegz
"Sometimes you just need to find out what it's not first to figure out what it is."

 

[Hammertime]

Excuse me for being really stupid but when I click Tools in PowerPoint I don't see an 'Internet Options' in the drop-down menu!

Apologies!

Hammertime

 

[mpnut]

Not in PowerPoint. This is in Internet Explorer.

 

[Hammertime]

I've tried that already sorry, i'm thinking maybe this can't be done at all?

 

[tyrobert]

It can be done, mpnut is right...Open Internet Explorer, Click the Advanced Tab, under the Browsing section put a check on "Reuse Windows for launching shortcuts".

If you don't have that option maybe you have an older version of IE, upgrade to 6.0 anyways.

 

[mbowler9]

I have Windows 2000 and the following registry change did this for me. FYI, it will always open in the same browser window, regardless of where you launch from. If "AllowWindowReuse" is not present, you can create it.

**LAUNCH IE LINKS IN NEW WINDOW**
Registry Settings
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
Value Name: AllowWindowReuse
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = new window, 1 = existing window)

 

[Hammertime]

mbowler9, do you mean a REG_SZ as with REG_DWORD you can't enter the 'Value Data' above?

Please explain further if i'm wrong!

Thanks,

Hammertime! (Getting urgent now)

 

[Hammertime]

Don't worry, i've sorted it. However, that doesn't work either. I'm using IE6 already, Everytime I click a link in a PowerPoint presentation it keeps creating a new IE window!