A new tab in 32-bit IE displays blank page

A 32-bit IE may open blank New Tabs or Hyperlinks, this issue may be noticed in 64-bit Windows running system, primarily in Windows 7.

In this issue, a link opened in a new tab or a hyperlink will display completely blank pages in 32-bit IE, however, if 64-bit IE or IE without add-ons are used, new Tabs or Hyperlinks, will open fine.

Only, after you check 64-bit IE and IE without add-ons and they open the new Tabs and Hyperlinks fine, then only follow the below mentioned steps.

To find 64-bit IE, First of all check whether your Windows is 64-bit
After you confirm, its 64-bit, then Click Start,
In the Search programs and files, type Internet Explorer
You should get 3 options for IE, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 64-bit and Internet Explorer (No Add-ons).


Solution to Fix, new Tabs and Hyperlinks issue, was found from Social.technet.microsoft.com,

Link for the solution, http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-GB/ieitprocurrentver/thread/cf38b0ae-34f6-4f0b-9b45-7a6e41ef014a

Solution Steps:

1. Download ie8-rereg.64on64.zip and ie8-rereg.32on64.zip from http://iefaq.info/index.php?action=artikel&cat=42&id=133&artlang=en or by simply clicking on the hyperlinks.

2. Extract the .zip folders.

3. Close all open applications (i.e., anything with an icon on the taskbar) then right-click on the script named ie8-rereg.32on64.cmd and select Run as Administrator, then reboot.

4. Close all open applications (i.e., anything with an icon on the taskbar) then right-click on the script named ie8-rereg.64on64.cmd and select Run as Administrator, then reboot once more.

5. Now check, the links/hyperlinks would open fine in a new tab, IE 32bit version as well.

Tried and Tested Solution.