Accessing IE tabs once created

Question

Using VBA I can create an InternetExplorer object with 3 different tabs using the following

Option Explicit

Public Enum IE_READYSTATE
    Uninitialised = 0
         


        

Answer 1

Simple workaround is just reassign the new tab to the object

IE.navigate "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/", CLng(2048)
Do While IE.Busy Or Not IE.readyState = IE_READYSTATE.complete: DoEvents: Loop
With CreateObject("Shell.Application").Windows
Set IE = .Item(.Count - 1)
End With