# How to make an IE link open in a new window? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 5, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-an-ie-link-open-in-a-new-window/425325 "2007-11-05T19:01:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-an-ie-link-open-in-a-new-window/425325/1 "2007-11-05T19:01:41Z")
I know how to do it in html with target=\_blank, but how do I make it so one of my links on the ‘links’ bar will open in a new window? (thus preserving the original page for convenience)? edit: this is IE6 which we are forced to use on win2000 machines at work. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-an-ie-link-open-in-a-new-window/425325/2 "2007-11-05T20:12:55Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] I know how to do it in html with target=\_blank, but how do I make it so one of my links on the ‘links’ bar will open in a new window? (thus preserving the original page for convenience)? edit: this is IE6 which we are forced to use on win2000 machines at work. [/QUOTE] Just go to File, New, Window, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-an-ie-link-open-in-a-new-window/425325/3 "2007-11-05T23:14:23Z")
[QUOTE=nivlac] Just go to File, New, Window, etc. [/QUOTE] So there’s no other way of doing it? The above is a two-step process. File new window click the link ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-an-ie-link-open-in-a-new-window/425325/4 "2007-11-06T00:31:35Z")
What happens if you hold down Ctrl when you click the links in the toolbar? I just tried it in Firefox and it worked, maybe the same will work in IE. ---
**Author:** ![tonedef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@tonedef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonedef)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-an-ie-link-open-in-a-new-window/425325/5 "2007-11-06T01:05:23Z")
Try shift if Crtl dont work. Since shift opens a link on a page in a new window in IE ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-an-ie-link-open-in-a-new-window/425325/6 "2007-11-06T01:14:21Z")
Right click, Open in New Window is what I use. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-an-ie-link-open-in-a-new-window/425325/7 "2007-11-06T01:27:02Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Right click, Open in New Window is what I use. [/QUOTE] doesn’t work when the link is in the favourites or in the ‘links’ within favourites. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-an-ie-link-open-in-a-new-window/425325/8 "2007-11-06T01:35:38Z")
D’oh! Sorry, misread the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-an-ie-link-open-in-a-new-window/425325/9 "2007-11-06T02:27:18Z")
A simple two-second [Google search](http://www.google.com/search?q=ie+open+in+a+new+window+from+favorites) produced this —\> [http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1613/open\_internet\_explorer\_ie\_favorites\_new\_window](http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1613/open_internet_explorer_ie_favorites_new_window)