Windows 7 – Getting Live Messenger off the Taskbar

Posted on September 11th, 2009 in General, Technology, Work by Jim Prince

Time for another quick post about Windows 7. If you’re irritated by Windows Live Messenger appearing in your taskbar instead of as a tray icon, as it did in Windows Vista/XP, then there’s a really simple fix.

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Just right click on the taskbar icon, then right click Windows Live Messenger and select properties.



Click on the compatibility tab and check the box “Run this program in compatibility mode for” and select Windows Vista Service Pack 2. Job done.

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