window.close is not closing the window

Question

Am trying open new browser window after every 5 minutes,before that am closing if any browser window alredy opened..But window.close is not closing it seems..

<html>

<head>
    <script>
        function mytimeout() {

            window.open("http://www.starsports.com/ssplus/cricket/index.html?v=1344487");
            window.setInterval(myFunc, 310000);
        }

        function myFunc() {


            window.close();

            window.open("http://www.starsports.com/ssplus/cricket/index.html?v=1344487");

        }
    </script>
</head>

<body onload="mytimeout()">
</body>

</html>

Duplicate of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19761241/window-close-and-self-close-do-not-close-the-window-in-chrome — c0d3junk13, Aug 09 '14 at 16:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 09 '14 at 16:14

<html>

<head>
    <script>

        var mywindow;

        function mytimeout() {

            mywindow = window.open("http://www.starsports.com/ssplus/cricket/index.html?v=1344487");
            window.setInterval(myFunc, 310000);
        }

        function myFunc() {


            mywindow.close();

            mywindow = window.open("http://www.starsports.com/ssplus/cricket/index.html?v=1344487");

        }
    </script>
</head>

<body onload="mytimeout()">
</body>

</html>

window.close is not closing the window

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