# Annoying Yahoobehaviour
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-yahoobehaviour/629139
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [July 23, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-yahoobehaviour/629139 "2012-07-23T15:25:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-yahoobehaviour/629139/1 "2012-07-23T15:25:12Z")
MS Exploder has developed a new habit in the last week or so. After doing a Yahoo search, I’ll click on a link. The link opens up in a new window. If I go to Google, the page opens up in the same window. How do I make it stop opening a new window when I click on a link from a Yahoo search?
I got a pop-up today asking me if I want to learn more about Exploder 8, so apparently the computer updated itself over the weekend; but it was happening last week as well. I have a search box in the upper-right corner of the browser window that is for a Yahoo search. I’d change it to Google (if only to not have to see the ad at the bottom of every Yahoo search), but there’s no Google option in the drop-down menu.
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### Author:  [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-yahoobehaviour/629139/2 "2012-07-23T18:27:38Z")
Unfortunately I’m running IE 9 now so I can’t remember if 8 works exactly the same but on 9, you can go into Internet Options and on the General tab there is a Search Settings button where you can change the search provider for the search box.
I wonder how you wound up with Yahoo being the default? Normally it would be Bing.
No idea about the search results opening in a new tab thing.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-yahoobehaviour/629139/3 "2012-07-23T19:37:38Z")
> [@MrSquishy](#):
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> Unfortunately I’m running IE 9 now so I can’t remember if 8 works exactly the same but on 9, you can go into Internet Options and on the General tab there is a Search Settings button where you can change the search provider for the search box.
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> I wonder how you wound up with Yahoo being the default? Normally it would be Bing.
Yeah, I tried Internet options. It has:
Amazon Search Suggestions – Enabled
[Ask.com](http://Ask.com) – Not Available
Bing – Enabled
Google Desktop – Not Available
Yahoo – Default – Not Available
Google is not an option (except for Desktop).
> [@MrSquishy](#):
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> No idea about the search results opening in a new tab thing.
I don’t mind Yahoo. I just don’t like it opening windows.
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### Author:  [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-yahoobehaviour/629139/4 "2012-07-24T00:43:51Z")
From your post, it seems that you are using IE 8, which I’m no longer running, so I can’t try to duplicate what you see.
Changing the default search engine:
are you using this method?
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Yahoo! search results opening up in a new window:
Are you by any chance logged in to Yahoo! in your browser session? If so, could this be something that is set in the preferences for your Yahoo! account?