“You’ve opened a new tab” annoyance on IE7

Written by Terence Chang on May 16th, 2007

It’s annoying to see the following page everytime I open a new tab window on IE7. Even after I check the “Don’t show this page again” checkbox, it is still opening a new tab with this annoying “You’ve opened a new tab” tab.

IE Tab Run Once

How do I turn this off to just show my blank home page?

Open the registry by going to Start -> Run -> Type regedit
Look for the following registry
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing
IE Tab Run Once

Right click on the right window and open a new DWORD value.
IE Tab Run Once

Give the name “ShowTabsWelcome“, and right click to modify the value. Make sure is shows 0.
IE Tab Run Once

Now open a new tab in IE7, the annoying “You’ve opened a new tab” page is gone!

 

9 Comments so far ↓

  1. Gabriel says:

    Great tip! Thanks. I haven’t encountered this though.

  2. jash says:

    duh, just use firefox

  3. Terence Chang says:

    @jash:

    Your are right on the track! Go FireFox! Thank you for stopping by.

  4. Vincent says:

    Jash, take care. Even using Firefox you are exposed to such a risk. It’s my own experience.

  5. Terence Chang says:

    @Vincent:

    I hope I do see the problem in FireFox, otherwise, I don’t know where to look for answer. Thank you though.

  6. Vicent says:

    Terence,

    I’ve the solution. It’s as simple as to delete the corresponding complement. Open FireFox browser —–Tools–Complements—Deactivate/Uninstall.

  7. Terence Chang says:

    @Vicent:

    That’ doesn’t sound like a great solution. I like FireFox because I am tired of IE. I don’t think any other browser can do what FireFox do fore me. ;-)

  8. Karyn says:

    Thanks so much for this tip. This was driving me mad and your solution took 2 minutes.

  9. Terence Chang says:

    @Karyn:

    I am glad that it helps. Thank you for stopping by!

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