27. Move Windows Live Messenger Icon To Notification
Area
If you have installed Windows Live Messenger onto the Windows 7
operating system you will have noticed that the messenger icon sits
in the taskbar now instead of in the notification area.
If you don't like the messenger icon being displayed in the
taskbar you can easily make it appear in the notification area as
it did in previous versions of windows.
To make the Windows Live Messenger icon appear in the
notification area proceed as follows:
- If Windows Live Messenger is already open then
Close it.
- Click the Start Button.
- On the Start Menu, Click All Programs, followed by
Accessories and then Click on Windows Explorer.
- In the Windows Explorer window navigate to:
C:\Program
Files\Windows Live\Messenger.
- Next Right Click on msnmsgr.exe and, from the
drop
down list, Click on Properties.
- In the Properties box Click on the
Compatibility tab.
- Look for the Compatibility mode section and place a
check
mark (Tick) next to the Run this program in compatibility mode
for box.
- Now Click the arrow to the right of the dialogue box to
expand the operating system list.
- From this list choose Windows Vista and Click
OK.
- When you restart Windows Live Messenger the icon
will appear in the notification area. (see below).
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