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Open and close a browser window and refresh parent page using JavaScript
 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Test Page</title>
<script>
function closeOnLoad(myLink)
{
  var newWindow = window.open(myLink, "connectWindow", "width=600,height=400,scrollbars=yes");
  setTimeout(
             function()
             {
                newWindow.close();
        location.reload(); 
             },
            1000
            );
  return false;
}
</script>
</head> 
<body>
  <p><a href="#" onclick="javascript:closeOnLoad('http://www.google.com/');">Click to open popup</a>; it will close automatically after five seconds.</p>
</body>
</html>