Windows 7 - Internet Explorer 9 "about:Tabs" - Show More Sites

   Information

This will show you how to have 2 (default), 3, 4, or 5 rows of your most popular sites show in the about:Tabs page (New Tab page) when opened in your Internet Explorer 9 (IE9).

   Note

Unless you changed what the new tab page opens to, it opens to the about:Tabs page by default when you click on the New Tab button or press Ctrl+T in IE9.



You can also type about:Tabs in the IE9 address bar and press enter to open it in the currently opened tab.

   Warning

If you have the Delete browsing history on exit box checked in Internet Options and have History check in Delete Browsing History, then this will also reset and clear the IE9 about:Tabs Show More Rows of Sites setting back to the default of showing 2 rows each time you close IE9.

1. Have 2 Rows of Sites Show in IE9 about:Tabs
NOTE: This is the default setting.

A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below.

Default_2_About-Tabs_Rows.reg

B) Go to step 5.

2. Have 3 Rows of Sites Show in IE9 about:Tabs

A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below.

3_About-Tabs_Rows.reg

B) Go to step 5.

3. Have 4 Rows of Sites Show in IE9 about:Tabs

A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below.

4_About-Tabs_Rows.reg

B) Go to step 5.

4. Have 5 Rows of Sites Show in IE9 about:Tabs

A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below.

5_About-Tabs_Rows.reg

5. Click on Save, and save the .reg file to the desktop.

6. Right click on the downloaded .reg file and click on Merge.

7. Click on Run, Yes (UAC-Windows 7) or Continue (UAC-Vista), Yes, and OK when prompted.

8. Close and reopen IE9 if open, and open a new tab to see the change.

9. When done, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

1. Open the Start Menu, then type regedit in the search box, and press Enter.

2. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes (Windows 7) or Continue (Vista).

3. In regedit, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage

4. In the right pane of NewTabPage, right click on a empty spot, click on New and DWORD (32-bit) Value, type NumRows, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: If you already have the DWORD NumRows in the right pane of NewTabPage, then you can skip this step and go straight to step 5.

5. Right click on NumRows, and click on Modify. (see screenshot above)

6. Type in a number between 2 to 5 for how many rows of sites you want to be displayed in IE9 about:Tabs tab, and click on OK. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: Deleting NumRows (right click - delete), or typing 2 is the default setting.

7. Your registry should now look similar to this. Close regedit when finished. (see screenshot below)

8. Close and reopen IE9 if open, and open a new tab to see the change.