I'd like to create a shortcut to Internet Explorer 9 that opens a new window in a new session. It could be a direct shortcut to IE, or a shortcut to a script (VBScript or Javascript) that does the job.
I know I can click File
+ New session
, but I'm looking for a "Quick Launch" or "Desktop" or "Start Menu" shortcut.
If I open let's say 3 IE windows, and then from Taskmgr.exe, I locate one of the IE windows and perform "End Process", all 3 IE windows will close.
If I open the 3 IE windows using "New Session", and then use Taskmgr.exe to "End Process" on one of the IE windows, the other 2 IE windows remain open.
For earlier versions of IE, there used to be a command line option "-new" to open a new IE window in a new session. I've tried this with IE9 but it doesn't seem to work. It opens a new IE window, but it seems the new window is in the same session as the other IE windows.
Best Answer
"I'd like to create a shortcut to Internet Explorer 9 that opens a new window in a new session."
Reference IE Command-Line Options:
Using
-new
is no longer possible:However, there is a new command line option
-noframemerging
which will do what you want:Reference IE8 and Reliability:
The above link was referring to IE 8 Beta 2. In the final release
-nomerge
was renamed to-noframemerging
.Conclusion:
Replace
-new
with-noframemerging
in your shortcut command.