How Do I Get My Tabs Back in Internet Explorer 6?

Internet Explorer 6 was the first Microsoft Web browser to allow tabbed browsing.

Internet Explorer 6 was the first Web browser released by the Microsoft Corporation that supported tabbed browsing. Tabbed browsing gives the user the possibility to open multiple windows within one Internet Explorer primary window. It allows you to have multiple Web pages open on your computer without wasting memory resources by having several copies of the Web browser open. A task that you may need to accomplish in Internet Explorer is enabling tabbed browsing if the tabs are not visible in your browser.

Instructions

1. Open Internet Explorer by double clicking the IE program icon on your computer's desktop or by choosing the program from the "Program Files" submenu, located in your computer's "Start" menu.

2. Choose the "Tools" menu option and select the "Internet Options" menu choice.

3. Select the "Settings" menu tab. Then, in the "General" tab scroll to the setting labeled "Tabs" and click the "Settings" menu choice.

4. Click the "Enable Quick Tabs" menu option located under the "Tabbed Browsing Settings" menu.

5. Select "Open New Tabs Next to Current Tabs" and choose the "Apply" menu button. You will now have tabs back in Internet Explorer 6.

References

• Small Work Arounds: How to Get Tabbed Browsing in IE 6
• CNET: Microsoft Offers Tabbed Browsing in IE 6
• Windows Dev Center: Using Tabbed Browsing in IE 6

Resources

• Internet Explorer 6 SP 1 Download
• Internet Explorer Homepage
• Microsoft: Internet Explorer Solution Center