# Internet Explorer won't redirect for me
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-wont-redirect-for-me/248947
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 6, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-wont-redirect-for-me/248947 "2004-06-06T13:04:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-wont-redirect-for-me/248947/1 "2004-06-06T13:04:46Z")
I’ve had this issue for a while. I’m running Win2000 Pro with IE6.
Pages that look like this won’t work:
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\Cassini-Huygens\
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IE opens a blank window and does nothing.
Anyone ever come across this problem?
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### Author:  [@Armilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Armilla)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-wont-redirect-for-me/248947/2 "2004-06-06T13:49:48Z")
In the security settings there’s a custom option to “Allow META-REFRESH”.
This has probably got turned off, so IE won’t do any redirects.
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### Author:  [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2004, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-wont-redirect-for-me/248947/3 "2004-06-06T14:08:19Z")
> [@Armilla](#):
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> In the security settings there’s a custom option to “Allow META-REFRESH”.
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> This has probably got turned off, so IE won’t do any redirects.
Thanks a million! I don’t know how I kept missing that setting.
Cheers!