[SM-USERS] can't open separate Compose window

[H G. <gi...@pa...>]

SquirrelMail version 1.2.11
happens in both IE and Netscape

Separate Compose window won't open, and mouseover shows 
"javascript:void(0)".  If compose is not set to open in separate window, 
all is fine.

I'm using SquirrelMail as provided by my webhost; I'm not the one who 
loaded the program.

This started happening all of a sudden, with nothing to cause it that I 
can tell.  My webhost checked it out on their end and they have no problem 
so it's something on my computer.  I have WinXP SP1.  

The first time it happened, a system restore to before the problem started 
seemed to fix it.  Now it's happened again and system restore doesn't 
help.

It shouldn't be my firewall either, since it worked for a couple of weeks 
alongside the firewall before this started.  It really did change from one 
minute to the next without my having done anything that I know of--sent a 
message, then went to send another and it wouldn't work.  But just in 
case, I changed firewall programs--no dice.

I'm about ready to wipe everything and start my whole system fresh.  I 
can't believe I'm having more problems with XP than I ever did with the 
nefarious ME.

Any thoughts on what's going on?  Is there a particular file that is 
somehow getting damaged that I need to replace?

Hg