Clicking Link Opens New Window Instead of Navigating Existing Frame Set

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SYMPTOMS

When you click a link on a Web page that is supposed to navigate to a particular frame within a frame set, a new window may be opened instead.

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CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the following conditions exist:

You have the Windows Desktop Update component installed.
The "Browse in a new process" option is enabled on the Advanced tab in Internet Options properties.
You have installed the update described in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
196383 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196383/EN-US/ ) BUG: FIX: Windows Opened by Script Lose Authentication or Session

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RESOLUTION

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.

You can obtain these products from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie)

To work around this behavior:

Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click Internet Options.
Click the Advanced tab.
Click to clear the Browse in a new process check box.
Click OK.

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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kbenv kbprb KB227024

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