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Cannot enable tabbed browsing

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In my version of IE7 at work, I cannot enable tabbed browsing.  The Tabbed Browsing Options window appears but is grayed out and the enable button cannot be clicked.  Also, when I right click on a link, I do not get the options to open in a new window or open in a new tab - the only option is open.  How do I fix this?
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Napermark

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 First, make sure you that you are not using Classic display mode.  If you are, switch to standard XP display mode.  This should make the tabs appear and then you can switch back to normal mode.

If that doesn't help, then invariably the cause is a damaged installation.  In short, there are two files involved - xmllite.dll and ieui.dll (ieui.dll is also used by Quick Tabs).

xmllite.dll and ieui.dll should both be in %windir%\system32.

Troubleshooting steps - missing tab band:

  1. Ensure xmllite.dll and ieui.dll are in %windir%\system32.  If xmllite.dll is missing download and install the XMLLITE update mentioned at the end of this article.  If ieui.dll is missing you should uninstall IE7, reboot twice and reinstall again, this time following all the instructions above.

Edit: regsvr32 commands removed. 

If you are still having problems close Internet Explorer and run gpedit.msc.  Navigate to User Configuration --> Administrative Templates --> Windows Components --> Windows Explorer --> Force Classical View.  Set Force Classical View to "Disable".

Note there is also a "Turn off Tabbed Browsing" option at Navigate to User Configuration --> Administrative Templates --> Windows Components --> Internet Explorer.

If IE7 still does not have a tab band after restarting go to the following web page and install the appropriate version of the xmllite update package available at this URL:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=915865

It should not be necessary to uninstall IE7 before installing the xmllite update package.  If your issue is not resolved after installing the update package (and rebooting twice), you can try uninstalling IE7, rebooting twice, then installing again, making sure you follow the pre-installation advice here:
http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html

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Hordie

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Hello Napermark,

Attempt to reset you IE settings to the Factory Default.  Prior to doing this.  Attempt to create and access the tabs in Internet Explorer (No Addons).

Thank you,

Aaron Griffin
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I have the same problem. This is a brand new ASUS laptop, with IE7 installed. I checked the setting via 'tools' etc. The registry entries look OK. The files listed above are present. I tried resetting IE7. None of this worked, so I installed IE8 - exactly the same problem.
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MarkJGodden

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I have the same problem. This is a brand new ASUS laptop, with IE7 installed. I checked the setting via 'tools' etc. The registry entries look OK. The files listed above are present. I tried resetting IE7. None of this worked, so I installed IE8 - exactly the same problem.
I see this post is very old, but right now I'm having the same problems. Did you fix it back the?
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