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HOW TO fetch a new page in Internet Explorer without using the Address Bar.

When browsing with IE, if you use the Address Bar to type in new links, the IE list of Typed URLs soon fills up and existing URLs you might like to keep are overwritten.

A simple solution to this problem is to add a new Context Menu Item to Internet Explorer. When you then right-click on the present page, you can select the new menu item and it will then run a script file that allows you to enter a new link.

A Context Menu Item is added to IE as follows:

The file script.htm is shown below:
<html>
<script language="JavaScript" defer>
    var parentwin = external.menuArguments;
    var doc = parentwin.document;
    var x = parentwin.prompt('Enter a link:', doc.URL);
    if(x&&x!='') {
         parentwin.location.href = x;
    }
</script>
</html>
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