How To Move The Live Messenger Icon To The System Tray In Windows 7

Everton | Nov 30, 2009 | Comments

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Two things have bugged me with Windows Live Messenger in Windows 7:

  1. I don’t like the way the Windows Live Messenger icon stays permanently in the Windows 7 Taskbar
  2. I don’t get sound notifications when I get a new message

I have a solution to the first problem, but if anyone has a fix for the 2nd then please let me know. To move the Windows Live Messenger icon from the windows 7 notification area:

  • right-click on your windows live messenger icon shortcut and click ‘Properties’
  • Go to the Compatibility tab and choose to run it in ‘Windows Vista (Service Pack 2)’ mode

2msnYour Live Messenger icon will now be back in its usual place in your system tray.  If you can’t see it then you might need to customise your notification area settings to ’show icon and notifications’ for Windows Live Messenger.

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I’m not sure if this tweak will work for other programs, but it’s a worth a try.  If it does work then please let me know in a comment.  Thanks to How To Geek for the tweak.

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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK.He also writes for Windows 8 News, Connected Internet and One Tip A Day.

  • owenc93
    I always get sound notifications from msn. Make sure all your speaker levels are up. May I also recommend msn plus. This has tabbed chats and I know for definite the sound works. It's just an addon, so google msn plus. :)
  • Jim
    I am running Win7 and get notifications....didn't make any config changes....has always worked fine....
  • Moahmmed
    I have no problems with sound notifications, but I got another which some of you may get it.
    The problem I'm having is that WLM runs very slow. When someone talks to me and I switch to the chat window, it'll freeze for 1 sec before it shows up everything correctly and I can write anything. Same happens if I try to start a conversation, the chat screen that comes up will first "freeze" for 1 second.
  • I can't work out why I have no sound - have same problem on both 32 bit and 64 bit :-(
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