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What is the URL you are testing with?

--Scott

Add the following to your INI file.

[Browser]
DisablePWBUserAgent=True

Apparently Cloudflare does not like having "PWB" in the User Agent String. This will be defaulted to TRUE in the next version of PWB.

--Scott

Generally hyper links that use "target="_blank" will open in a new tab window not a new browser window.

https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_link_target

To open a new browser window you need to do something like the following.


<button onclick="window.open('https://example ...

What is the URL that is having the issue?

If you navigate to the same URL using Edge on the computer logged in as the same account that is running PWB does the issue persist?

--Scott

If you use the III Vega OPAC system you need to upgrade to PWB 3.20.xx which uses the combined Edge/Chrome HTML renderer.

PWB version 3.05.xx is bundled with an older version of Chrome that is no longer supported by the web site.

--Scott

The easiest way is to enable the clear cache on close. This will not only clear the cache, it will also clears the clipboard when PWB is closed.

[Security]
ClearCacheOnClose=True

The Print Screen button is a Windows function and would need a secondary application, however disabling the buttons and ...

Version 3.20.09 01-30-2026

Fixed/Changed:
Fixed Download window showing with Ctrl-J when [Security]DisableFileDownload=True
Fixed Print dialog showing when [Printer]ShowPrintingDialog=False and Ctrl-P is pressed when WebView has focus.

Added:
[CloseWindows] Section. Each key in the section ...

Are you just typing in google.com or is there a link that is being clicked.

Using PWB 3.20.08 and your INI file, we set the following and do not see the SSL error.

[Browser]
HomePage=https://google.com

[Security]
DisableSSLNotification=False
--Scott

Please send a copy of your INI file as an attachment to the support email. Perhaps there is a configuration issue.

You can check this by downloading the PWB distribution and running it with an unedited INI file.

--Scott

You can force it with the following setting in your INI file.

[Security]
DisableSSLNotification=True

--Scott

In PWB version 3.20.07 10-28-2025, the handling of SSL certificates was changed to match Edge and Chrome.

Fixed/Changed:
Fixed default handling of SSL Common Name Incorrect.


Up grading to the current version of PWB will correct it.

--Scott

PWB v3.20.09 Release Candidate 2 now available has the following fixes.

Version 3.20.09 01-22-2026

Fixed/Changed:
Fixed Download window showing with Ctrl-J when [Security]DisableFileDownload=True
Fixed Print dialog showing when [Printer]ShowPrintingDialog=False and Ctrl-P is pressed when WebView ...

Version 3.20.08 12-11-2025

Fixed/Changed:

Added:
[Security]DisableSettings=False
Disables the Windows settings window from the print preview
[Security]DisablePrinting=False
Disables all printing in PWB
Sets [Buttons]Print and PrintPreview to false
Sets [MenuItems]AppPrint and ...

1. The most likely setting in your INI file preventing new windows is one of the following.

[Browser]
DisableNewWindow=TRUE
DisableNewTab=TRUE

Make sure these are set to FALSE.

2. Yes, any new PWB window will take on the same characteristics as the main window.

--Scott

Version 3.20.07 10-28-2025

Fixed/Changed:
Fixed default handling of SSL Common Name Incorrect.

Added:
Added support for UNC paths auto conversion to URI path
[Browser]MinimizeMemoryUsage=False Minimizes memory usage for low memory devices
[Browser]FocusDelaySeconds= Delay in seconds to set ...