# 'Open in new MINIMIZED window' WIN right click menu question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 9, 2001, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-in-new-minimized-window-win-right-click-menu-question/49144 "2001-01-09T13:10:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-in-new-minimized-window-win-right-click-menu-question/49144/1 "2001-01-09T13:10:10Z")
I frequently use the right click menu in win 98 to open a web page in a new window so I can still look at my original web page and maybe i’d open a few more. By the time I’m done, all the pages are loaded and I just click on them at the task bar to view. When I do this, Win puts it on top of my current web page and i must manually hit the minimize key to bring it down to the taskbar - is there a way to tell win to open it but keep it miminized? I use this frequently with the SDMD as sometimes it has very long load times. I will read a forum and right click all topics that intrest me to open them in new windows, then I read them one at a time. I started doing this w/ 56k (maybe even 28.8) and I still find it useful w/ a DSL connection as the web sites themselves are often slow. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-in-new-minimized-window-win-right-click-menu-question/49144/2 "2001-01-10T13:48:39Z")
Sorry Mod’s but I had to give this a bump as I really would like to know if it is possible. This will be the only bump I will give it. I promise ---
**Author:** ![Qixotica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/5fc32e/32.png) [@Qixotica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qixotica)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-in-new-minimized-window-win-right-click-menu-question/49144/3 "2001-01-10T16:13:07Z")
I have also been looking for a method of doing this very thing. As of yet, I have not found a method of doing it automatically, but if you have one hand on the keyboard while you are surfing, there is a quick keyboard shortcut to minimize a window. Once the new window opens, just tap the Alt key, then spacebar, then the letter “n” in rapid succession. It works quite well, and I find it less distracting then clicking minimize on the new window. If I find a way to coax Windows into doing this automatically, I will share it with you. ---
**Author:** ![Juggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/juggler/32/3194_2.png) [@Juggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juggler)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-in-new-minimized-window-win-right-click-menu-question/49144/4 "2001-01-10T17:24:35Z")
If you hold shift and leftclick on a link in Internet Explorer it opens automaticly in a new window. It doesn’t open minimized though but it speeds up the process.