In the past when I selected this preference and then selected a site
from the Google search results page, a new window would open with the
site that I selected. If I chose a different site from the original
list the newly opened window would change to the new selection. With
every new selection the "new" window would move to the new site.

Recently I had to install a new motherboard and hard drive to my PC
and the above proceedure no longer works. Selecting a site from a list
does open a new window, however, choosing a second or third site from
the list does nothing. The original selection remains unchanged. The
only way I can move to a 2nd selection is by closing the 2nd window
and selecting again.

Anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong?

Thank you.

roger1938

EMAIL REMOVED wrote:
> In the past when I selected this preference and then selected a site
> from the Google search results page, a new window would open with the
> site that I selected. If I chose a different site from the original
> list the newly opened window would change to the new selection. With
> every new selection the "new" window would move to the new site.
>
> Recently I had to install a new motherboard and hard drive to my PC
> and the above proceedure no longer works. Selecting a site from a list
> does open a new window, however, choosing a second or third site from
> the list does nothing. The original selection remains unchanged. The
> only way I can move to a 2nd selection is by closing the 2nd window
> and selecting again.
>
> Anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong?
>
> Thank you.
>
> roger1938

it could be down to the defaults in your browser.

For example in Sea Monkey, preferences/Navigator/tabbed browsing
will take you to the option to set how the browser responds to
a new link; with the options being, a new window, a new tab or
the same window.