FAQs
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How can I get the Web sites to show in tabs instead of windows?A:
You can adjust your browser so that every URL opens in a new tab, which is much tidier than creating lots of new windows. Here's how:
For Internet Explorer, click the Tools pull-down menu, then select Internet Options, then under Tabs click the Settings button, then under "When a pop-up is encountered" select "Always open pop-ups in a new tab". Finally, save your changes and exit.
For Firefox click the Edit pull-down menu, select Preferences, then Tabs, then checkmark the "Force links that open new windows to open in" line, and finally, select the "a new tab" option. Finally, save your changes and exit.Q:
URLOpener is not showing the Web pages, or all the web pages, I entered.A:
Your browser may limit the number of pages that can be opened at one time, or you may have a pop-up blocker enabled. Try holding down the Ctrl key (Command key for Mac) when you press the Open All button. Hopefully that will help.
No? Try this:
You may need to turn off your pop-up blocker for URLOpener. Here is how for several popular browsers:
For Internet Explorer. Hold down the Alt key and click on the Tools icon in the upper right (the gear). A bar will appear at the top of the screen. Click the Tools menu and select Pop-up Blocker, then select Pop-up Blocker Settings. Add "urlopener.com" and click Close at the bottom of the dialog box.
For Firefox click the Firefox button in the upper left (Tools menu in Windows XP) and then roll over Options and then click the next Options. Then click Content and next to "Block pop-up windows" click the Exceptions button. Add "urlopener.com" and click Close at the bottom of the dialog box. Then click OK in the Options box.
For older versions of Chrome click the Chrome menu in the upper right (the three bars) then click Settings and then Show advanced settings... (at the bottom of the page). Under the "Privacy" heading, click the Content settings button. Scroll down to the "Pop-ups" section and click Manage exceptions. In the Add new hostname field, type "urlopener.com" and select the Allow option. Click the OK button. Unfortunately, this option does not seem to be available on newer versions of Chrome.
Also, you may STILL need to hold down the Ctrl key or the Cmd key to prevent some of the websites from opening as separate windows.
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My computer slows down when I open a lot of URLs.A:
The solution is to open fewer URLs. Each process you have running - whether a Web page or anything else - takes a bit of computing power. With too many processes open, you will indeed slow your computer.Q:
Is my data secure on URL Opener?A:
Really, there is nothing to secure. We do not save any of the information you paste into the URL field. It is just processed, then the clickable links are displayed on the page.Q:
How did URL Opener happen?A:
I found that at the company I work for I would occasionally need to open large numbers of web addresses from a spreadsheet or a text file, so I created this simple tool, then thought other people might like it. So here it is.Q:
What is your privacy policy?A:
URLOpener.com and its advertising partner, ValueClick, collect only anonymous user statistics, no personally identifiable information.Q:
Doing anything else interesting on the Net?A:
Well, I don't know. I'm doing this old encyclopedia thing and a memory tool. Do those count?
