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Published by Brink
02-10-2009
| Windows Live Messenger - Taskbar or Notification Icon How to Have Windows Live Messenger with a Windows 7 Taskbar or Tray Icon Information | | This will show you how to have the Windows Live Messenger open window icon either as a Windows 7 taskbar icon or as a notification area tray icon. | | Note | | By default, Windows Live Messenger uses a taskbar icon in Windows 7. | | Tip | | You can get information on how to download the latest version of Windows Live Messenger here. | | EXAMPLE: Windows Live Messenger taskbar icon EXAMPLE: Windows Live Messenger notification area tray icon Here's How:1. If open, close and exit Windows Live Messenger. 2. Right click on the Windows Live Messenger shortcut and click on Properties. NOTE: If you do not have a shortcut, you can also right click on Windows Live Messenger's exe file below. - In a 64-bit Windows 7:
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe file.
- In a 32-bit Windows 7:
- C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe file.
3. For Windows Live Messenger to Use a Tray Icon -A) Under the Compatibilty tab, check the Run this program in compatibility mode for box and select Windows Vista. (See screenshot below) B) Go to step 5. 4. For Windows Live Messenger to Use a Taskbar Icon -A) Under the Compatibilty tab, uncheck the Run this program in compatibility mode for box. (See screenshot below)
5. Click on OK. (See screenshot above or below step 3A) 6. Open Windows Live Messenger to see it's icon location now. That's it,
Shawn
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02-11-2009
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#1 | | Windows 7 Build 7100 (x64) Winnipeg, Canada |
Doesn't work on the following PC:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
2GB DDR2 RAM
GeForce 8800 GT
Causes this error (attached)
Works fine on the PC in my specs though... Odd... Same build number of MSN and same OS version...
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Fx X04c OS Windows 7 Build 7100 (x64) CPU AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition Motherboard ASUS M3A78-EM Memory 4GB (2x2GB) OCZ Reaper Graphics Card Palit Nvidia GeForce 9800GT 512MB Sound Card Onboard from M3A78-EM Monitor(s) Displays LG L206W Screen Resolution 1680x1050x32bpp Keyboard Logitech G15 MKII Mouse Logitech G5 Gaming Laser Mouse PSU 450W RaidMax Case Custom black w/ bluelight/blacklight Cooling Forced air intake Hard Drives 2.8TB of storage across 3 HDDs. Internet Speed 15mb dn/1mb up Other Info Enough spare parts to build another couple Windows-7-capable machines. |
02-12-2009
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate Vista Ultimate x64 QLD, Cairns |
Some patches that remove the watermark have been known to break the compatibility mode and the only way you will fix it will be if you can uninstall the patch or do a system restore, one patch in particular that I used was a pluspatch from Orbit30 that caused that issue although I think he has since fixed that problem and there are some other ones that have also worked with no side effects. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Brew OS Windows 7 Ultimate Vista Ultimate x64 CPU Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16Ghz @ 3.8Ghz Motherboard eVGA 750i FTW Memory 2x2Gigs Patriot PC2-6400 LL Graphics Card Inno3D GeForce GTX260 216 SP Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VW222U 22" 2ms Response time Screen Resolution 1680x1050 Keyboard Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard Mouse Logitech G9 Gaming Mouse PSU HYTEC 600W & Thermaltake 650W Toughpower Power Exp Case Thermaltake Armor LCS (Liquid Cooling System) Cooling Liquid Cooling System Hard Drives SATA 150GB
SATA II 250GB
USB IDE 750GB Ext. |
02-12-2009
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#3 | | Windows 7 Build 7100 (x64) Winnipeg, Canada |
Apparently if you turn on and use the compatibility mode prior to removing the watermark, it continues to work fine. If you remove the watermark prior to using the compatibility mode, it'll crash out.
Both systems are using the same watermark-removal script with the same OS and MSN build, the only thing that differs is the order in which things were done. Maybe that'll help other people get this working properly.
Also, the 64-bit version of watermark removal doesn't cause the problems... | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Fx X04c OS Windows 7 Build 7100 (x64) CPU AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition Motherboard ASUS M3A78-EM Memory 4GB (2x2GB) OCZ Reaper Graphics Card Palit Nvidia GeForce 9800GT 512MB Sound Card Onboard from M3A78-EM Monitor(s) Displays LG L206W Screen Resolution 1680x1050x32bpp Keyboard Logitech G15 MKII Mouse Logitech G5 Gaming Laser Mouse PSU 450W RaidMax Case Custom black w/ bluelight/blacklight Cooling Forced air intake Hard Drives 2.8TB of storage across 3 HDDs. Internet Speed 15mb dn/1mb up Other Info Enough spare parts to build another couple Windows-7-capable machines. |
02-18-2009
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It works for me, but I got used to the new way now.  Just keep your mouse for a few seconds on the icon and the you can see 2 windows, the "main" window and the contacts window. So to close the program you click the X on the "main Window". | My System Specs | | |
05-03-2009
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#5 | | |
Pardon the necrobump, but since I started using Windows 7 as my OS with the RC's release, I've noticed the messenger annoyance myself. It kinda defeats the purpose of the taskbar to have dormant programs cluttering it up (that's the tray's purpose!!), and I was looking for just this solution via Google.
I just don't think this is a solution, though; it's merely a dirty hack to prevent Messenger from even knowing it's running on Windows 7. Isn't there some setting that can be changed? I'd think Microsoft would like to know about this kind of inconvenience! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer Extensa 4420 OS Windows 7 x64 RC1 CPU AMD Turion 64 x2 TL-58 1.9GHz/1MB Memory 2.0GB Kingston HyperX SODIMM Screen Resolution 1280x800 Hard Drives 160gb Hitachi 5400RPM SATA Other Info Designed for Vista, my ass. |
05-03-2009
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Retail Texas |
Hello FalconFour,
Microsoft does know about it since they designed Windows Live Messenger to run that way on purpose to take advantage of the new taskbar in Windows 7.
The something to be changed is what is in the tutorial. There is no other solution to this that I am aware of though.
Sorry,
Shawn
Last edited by Brink; 05-03-2009 at 03:36 PM..
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05-03-2009
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#7 | | Windows 7 Build 7100 (x64) Winnipeg, Canada |
What is needed is an option inside WLM to the effect of "Minimize/close WLM to system notification area" which could then allow the older behavior without the need for a "hack" like compatibility mode.
I'm personally really dissapointed with this new behavior; I think the Live team missed the memo about the Superbar being designed to be more intuitive and less cluttered... The new behavior looks more like a bug than a feature, and many users will see it as an annoyance.
I think the biggest problem is that the Beta and RC phases aren't being tested with the "common" demographic; Is the the 68-year-old grandfather that knows very little about computers going to try the beta? Unlikely. This (common) demographic is one of the ones that have the most trouble understanding computers, yet use applications like WLM most often to keep in touch with friends and family.
The Live team willingly decided to make their application appear to "misbehave", which will be overly confusing to people that don't follow the latest technology. Perhaps they'll hear the outcry of complaints (or more likely, will but won't care) but until then, it'll be up to us, the "power users", to "fix" this oddity for them. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Fx X04c OS Windows 7 Build 7100 (x64) CPU AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition Motherboard ASUS M3A78-EM Memory 4GB (2x2GB) OCZ Reaper Graphics Card Palit Nvidia GeForce 9800GT 512MB Sound Card Onboard from M3A78-EM Monitor(s) Displays LG L206W Screen Resolution 1680x1050x32bpp Keyboard Logitech G15 MKII Mouse Logitech G5 Gaming Laser Mouse PSU 450W RaidMax Case Custom black w/ bluelight/blacklight Cooling Forced air intake Hard Drives 2.8TB of storage across 3 HDDs. Internet Speed 15mb dn/1mb up Other Info Enough spare parts to build another couple Windows-7-capable machines. |
05-03-2009
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#8 | | |
Just because everyone has gotten accustomed to throwing everything in the system tray doesn't mean that MS messed up on how they're developing their programs.
The changes in Live fit in with the rest of the ideas behind windows 7.
Primarily being : Once place for everything regarding a program.
If you introduce both a system tray and a task bar item for the same item, you're introducing clutter. All programs should behave the same in order to reduce confusion. That's been their ideology through out the development of windows 7.
If you use Live all the time, having it on the taskbar shouldn't be a problem, and if you don't use it all the time, then you really shouldn't have it pinned anyway. | My System Specs | | |
07-15-2009
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#9 | | XP Pro x86 / Win7 RC1 7100 |
I have another solution to this that I am currently using.
If you download the 8.1 version from this page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
You can install messenger and it will function properly with the tray icon and no taskbar issues by default.
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