I’ve been using Windows Live Messenger and I’m sure you’re too using it, have you noticed that instead of minimizing to the system tray, the taskbar button always stays put. But you can force Messenger to work the way you want by this simple Tweak.
To do so, we will use the Compatibility Mode feature— which will trick the application into using the old behavior for previous versions of Windows.(i.e. Minimize it to system tray)
Force Messenger to the System Tray
- Firstly, Close the Messenger completely by Right clicking on it and choosing Close Option.
- You then need to go to the start menu and find the program. In this case it’s Start, All Programs, Windows Live Messenger.
- Right click, and select Properties.
- Then click on the compatibility tab on the right.
- Then check the “Run this program in compatibility mode” box, choose Windows Vista, and click apply. This is the magical step that tricks Messenger into using the old behavior instead of the new Windows 7 mechanism.
- When you reopen the program it will still display itself in the taskbar as it did before.
- And when you will close it, it will Minimize on System Tray.
So now, your Taskbar will be a little more clean .
- TechTabs
- Ishan Farooq
