I want Sharepoint to open links in a new window

First, open the schema file for the links list feature.  In my case, it was located at:
C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedweb server extensions12TEMPLATEFEATURESLinksListLinksschema.xml
In this file there should be two instances of the following:
 
<Column Name="URL" HTMLEncode="TRUE" /><HTML><![CDATA[">]]></HTML>
 
Replace them both with this:
 
<Column Name="URL" HTMLEncode="TRUE" /><HTML><![CDATA[" target="_blank">]]></HTML>

 

Links

http://weblogs.asp.net/bryanglass/archive/2008/03/07/changing-links-list-in-sharepoint-2007-to-open-in-new-browser-window.aspx

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