IE 11 Back button problems

It's been over a year now since I first noticed this problem with IE 11. I posted this problem on Microsoft community and Microsoft Connect but never was given a solution. I've been sticking with IE 10 for over a year now because of this.


Things I've tried:
1. With a clean install of WIN 7 Home premium 64-bit and with all updates installed for Windows and IE 11 in September 2014 I get this problem still. With all updates installed on IE 11 back in Feb 2015 I still get this problem.

2. Inprivate mode and no add ons mode doesn't fix this problem.

3. I tried IE Reset & Restore fix but it did nothing.

4. Rolling back to IE 10 fixed this problem.

How to replicate my problem:
1. Open a new IE 11 window. Highlight some text and use any accelerator, example: bing search. After clicking a bing search link in the new tab which the accelerator from the first tab created I still have the option to go back to the bing search results page in this tab.

2. Close the new tab that the accelerator opened.(you may have to do this a few times or open multiple tabs and close them). Don't close the window.

3. Use the accelerator again on the first tab and click a bing search link in the new tab. I no longer have the option to go back to the bing search results page where I clicked the search link.

Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
Take a screen shot of the listings on the backwards button list,
You can see what site is in the way by right clicking on the backwards button

use your keyboard shortcuts to take the screen shot mine are Shift+prtscrn
Open M$ Paint and use the Paste button on the top right
Save the file and upload it here
Cheers.

Sounds like the link or what ever you clicked on opened in a new window
Although a new tab will produce the same inactive backwards button it's also quite obvious what a new tab is opened :)

If you post the site and links you clicked on I might try to reproduce the issue just walk me through where and what your clicking on
Cheers.

ThrashZone said:

Sounds like the link or what ever you clicked on opened in a new window
Although a new tab will produce the same inactive backwards button it's also quite obvious what a new tab is opened :)

If you post the site and links you clicked on I might try to reproduce the issue just walk me through where and what your clicking on
Cheers.

I will explain the steps on how I encountered the problem with more detail. This problem happened with the following accelerators: bing search, google maps, translate with bing and yahoo search.

How to replicate my problem:
1. Open a new IE 11 window. Highlight some text and use any accelerator, example: bing search. After clicking a bing search link in the new tab which the accelerator from the first tab created I still have the option to go back to the bing search results page in this tab.

2. Close the new tab that the accelerator opened.(you may have to do this a few times or open multiple tabs and close them). Don't close the window.

3. Use the accelerator again on the first tab and click a bing search link in the new tab. I no longer have the option to go back to the bing search results page where I clicked the search link.

Without any IE add ons installed in the OS I still had this problem. I use Adblock Plus IE, Speckie and Adobe flash only for add ons.

You'll never get an active backwards button opening anything in a new tab
Ie does not keep history of that in the original window
You would have to open everything in the same window not another tab or another window for that matter.

Yea it was pretty clear in the beginning :)
No history tab to tab or new window to window they are independent of each other.
Not a bug it's by design

You can change your tabs options to not let ie decide and open everything in the same window.