Putting Windows Live Messenger Back In The System Tray In Windows 7

Posted on 06 January 2010

It didn’t bug me until today but alas, it eventually got to me.

Windows Live Messenger on Windows 7 has a new home in the quicklaunch area and I’m not the only one who has found it annoying.

Want to put it back in the system tray (at the bottom right where other notifications show up)? All you have to do is go to the msnmsgr.exe in C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger and right-click it, then go down to properties, then click the compatibility tab.

msnmsgr compatibility

Fill it out as above (Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows Vista), hit OK, and you’re done. The next time you start the program, it will return to the system tray where it used to be.

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  • Andy
    Posted January 12, 2010 at 4:25 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for this useful tip! We’d love if you shared more tips and tricks at http://www.facebook.com/windowscanada

    Keep up the great posts!

    Andy
    Windows Canada

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