Windows Messenger GUI problem ?

[Vilius]

Hi,
I have Windows Messenger 5.1 installed.
I can switch to Messenger window two ways:
using notification area or taskbar button.
If I press "x " messenger exits or minimizes to notification area
it depends on "allow run in background" setting (there is no taskbar button)
Sometimes I need taskbar button so I use "_". I noticed some strange
behavior on how messenger restores it's window - if I press right button on
messengers taskbar button and choose restore from system menu - everything
is ok.
But if I click left mouse button for restore operation(it's preferred way) -
taskbar button changes to pressed state but I see no messenger window - and
after that when I press left mouse button anywhere on the screen again -
only then system displays messenger window and focuses it. If I want to
restore messenger I should press left mouse button twice.
It really annoys me much.

thanks
vilius

[Jonathan Yaniv]

Windows Messenger is out of development and there wont be any more new
releases.

Download the new Windows Live Messenger from

http://messenger.live.com

--
Jonathan Yaniv
Microsoft Windows Live Butterfly

"Vilius" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> I have Windows Messenger 5.1 installed.
> I can switch to Messenger window two ways:
> using notification area or taskbar button.
> If I press "x " messenger exits or minimizes to notification area
> it depends on "allow run in background" setting (there is no taskbar
> button)
> Sometimes I need taskbar button so I use "_". I noticed some strange
> behavior on how messenger restores it's window - if I press right button
> on
> messengers taskbar button and choose restore from system menu - everything
> is ok.
> But if I click left mouse button for restore operation(it's preferred
> way) -
> taskbar button changes to pressed state but I see no messenger window -
> and
> after that when I press left mouse button anywhere on the screen again -
> only then system displays messenger window and focuses it. If I want to
> restore messenger I should press left mouse button twice.
> It really annoys me much.
>
> thanks
> vilius
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

That's a really poor solution in this case as Windows Live Messenger and MSN Messenger don't
even have the feature in question.

That's like -- your arm hurts, so upgrade to a new body without an arm.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"Jonathan Yaniv" > wrote in message
...
> Windows Messenger is out of development and there wont be any more new releases.
>
> Download the new Windows Live Messenger from
>
> http://messenger.live.com
>
> --
> Jonathan Yaniv
> Microsoft Windows Live Butterfly
>
> "Vilius" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi,
>> I have Windows Messenger 5.1 installed.
>> I can switch to Messenger window two ways:
>> using notification area or taskbar button.
>> If I press "x " messenger exits or minimizes to notification area
>> it depends on "allow run in background" setting (there is no taskbar button)
>> Sometimes I need taskbar button so I use "_". I noticed some strange
>> behavior on how messenger restores it's window - if I press right button on
>> messengers taskbar button and choose restore from system menu - everything
>> is ok.
>> But if I click left mouse button for restore operation(it's preferred way) -
>> taskbar button changes to pressed state but I see no messenger window - and
>> after that when I press left mouse button anywhere on the screen again -
>> only then system displays messenger window and focuses it. If I want to
>> restore messenger I should press left mouse button twice.
>> It really annoys me much.
>>
>> thanks
>> vilius
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>