Re: Disable Netscape 7.02 window reuse

"Michel Clement" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.prefs,gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.windows
Organization ITcom AG
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi David,

thanks for your very fast reply!

"David Spade" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 27/05/2003 16:44, Michel Clement wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > is there a way to tell Netscape 7.02 to *not* reuse any existing browser
> > windows, meaning that on every request (using for example
ShellExecute() ),
> > it'll open the URL in a new location?
> >
> > I've tried to set DDE-Parameters
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\ddeexec
> > to "%1",,0,0,,,, (default is '"%1",,-1,0,,,,' which means by -1 in
window-ID
> > to reuse windows). As NN7.02 deletes and adds this registry entry on
> > exit/start, it's hard to have a permanent setting.
> >
> > Is there an
> >
> > a) official or
> > b) approved
> >
> > way to achive this feature by central or worst case de-central settings?
If
> > there is none, is there a forecast for this feature yet?
> >
> > By the way: Is anyone happy when existing browser windows are reused?
I'm
> > not.
>
> user_pref("advanced.system.supportDDEExec", false);
> user_pref("browser.always_reuse_window", false);
>
> Try either setting those preferences in your user.js or via about:config.
They
> should give you the behaviour you want.

I've added these two lines and using about:config I checked for existance
(they were added), but it doesn't change anything. Windows are still reused.
As said, using Netscape Navigator 7.02. Are there any other settings to
apply?

Thanks & Regards,
Michel
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