How do I close a window and why does it not work on the first one?

Use windowRef.close(), where windowRef is a window object reference, such as window, top, parent, self, or a reference obtained from the window.open() method. You can only close windows opened by scripts, no others.

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/close_0.asp
• http://docs.sun.com/source/816-6408-10/window.htm#1201822

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