don't want it removed ... just get it out of systray

Thank you Jonathan. Your help might have come at the perfect time. It just
started to load ... signed-in. I didn't want that either. Like I said, I
want it installed, but I only want it to load when I want it.

I'm about to check it out now (had to watch the election results first,
though).
Diana


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Diana,

To fix this, close Outlook Express, then close Messenger, and then download
and run the
following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...ssenger_oe.reg

After this, you'll be able to close it whether or not Outlook Express is
open or not.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"DianaH" wrote in message
...
Thanks J,
I removed the checkmark that says "allow to run in the background".
That's
probably the fix.

Would you also happen to know how to close it when Outlook Express is
open.
I have to close Outlook Express before I can close Messenger. It's so
irritating. If I need to leave OE open, I have to tell Messenger to show
me
as "offline".

Thanks.

"J" wrote in message
...
Hi Diana,
If you want to stop Windows Messenger from appering on
your taskbar, you should open windows messenger and sign
in. Then go to Tools, options, and then click the tab
preferences. Then all you have to do is remove the
checkmarks from "Run this program when Windows starts"
and allow this "program to run in the background". If you
have signed in to it before with the same email it will
give you a message saying you signed out of it and signed
it yours. You should not delete windows messenger though
because it has components that windows needs to run. The
only time it will appear is when you sign in. Anyway take
care.

J

-----Original Message-----
Hi there.
I have Windows Messenger installed and want to leave it
installed. I've
stopped it from signing me in automatically. However, I
don't want it
loading in my systray. It's there (with an x -
indicating that I'm not
signed in). How do I take it to the next step - not
loading into the
systray on startup. It's not enabled in my msconfig in
startup.

Thanks for any suggestions.


.

Jonathan,
That did the trick. It still loads when I want it, but it doesn't load when
OE loads and I can exit it whenever I want.

Thanks so much. Diana

"DianaH" wrote in message
...
Thank you Jonathan. Your help might have come at the perfect time. It just
started to load ... signed-in. I didn't want that either. Like I said, I
want it installed, but I only want it to load when I want it.

I'm about to check it out now (had to watch the election results first,
though).
Diana


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Diana,

To fix this, close Outlook Express, then close Messenger, and then download
and run the
following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...ssenger_oe.reg

After this, you'll be able to close it whether or not Outlook Express is
open or not.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"DianaH" wrote in message
...
Thanks J,
I removed the checkmark that says "allow to run in the background".
That's
probably the fix.

Would you also happen to know how to close it when Outlook Express is
open.
I have to close Outlook Express before I can close Messenger. It's so
irritating. If I need to leave OE open, I have to tell Messenger to show
me
as "offline".

Thanks.

"J" wrote in message
...
Hi Diana,
If you want to stop Windows Messenger from appering on
your taskbar, you should open windows messenger and sign
in. Then go to Tools, options, and then click the tab
preferences. Then all you have to do is remove the
checkmarks from "Run this program when Windows starts"
and allow this "program to run in the background". If you
have signed in to it before with the same email it will
give you a message saying you signed out of it and signed
it yours. You should not delete windows messenger though
because it has components that windows needs to run. The
only time it will appear is when you sign in. Anyway take
care.

J

-----Original Message-----
Hi there.
I have Windows Messenger installed and want to leave it
installed. I've
stopped it from signing me in automatically. However, I
don't want it
loading in my systray. It's there (with an x -
indicating that I'm not
signed in). How do I take it to the next step - not
loading into the
systray on startup. It's not enabled in my msconfig in
startup.

Thanks for any suggestions.


.

Thank you Jonathan. Your help might have come at the perfect time. It just
started to load ... signed-in. I didn't want that either. Like I said, I
want it installed, but I only want it to load when I want it.

I'm about to check it out now (had to watch the election results first,
though).
Diana


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Diana,

To fix this, close Outlook Express, then close Messenger, and then download
and run the
following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...ssenger_oe.reg

After this, you'll be able to close it whether or not Outlook Express is
open or not.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"DianaH" wrote in message
...
Thanks J,
I removed the checkmark that says "allow to run in the background".
That's
probably the fix.

Would you also happen to know how to close it when Outlook Express is
open.
I have to close Outlook Express before I can close Messenger. It's so
irritating. If I need to leave OE open, I have to tell Messenger to show
me
as "offline".

Thanks.

"J" wrote in message
...
Hi Diana,
If you want to stop Windows Messenger from appering on
your taskbar, you should open windows messenger and sign
in. Then go to Tools, options, and then click the tab
preferences. Then all you have to do is remove the
checkmarks from "Run this program when Windows starts"
and allow this "program to run in the background". If you
have signed in to it before with the same email it will
give you a message saying you signed out of it and signed
it yours. You should not delete windows messenger though
because it has components that windows needs to run. The
only time it will appear is when you sign in. Anyway take
care.

J

-----Original Message-----
Hi there.
I have Windows Messenger installed and want to leave it
installed. I've
stopped it from signing me in automatically. However, I
don't want it
loading in my systray. It's there (with an x -
indicating that I'm not
signed in). How do I take it to the next step - not
loading into the
systray on startup. It's not enabled in my msconfig in
startup.

Thanks for any suggestions.


.

Jonathan,
That did the trick. It still loads when I want it, but it doesn't load when
OE loads and I can exit it whenever I want.

Thanks so much. Diana

"DianaH" wrote in message
...
Thank you Jonathan. Your help might have come at the perfect time. It just
started to load ... signed-in. I didn't want that either. Like I said, I
want it installed, but I only want it to load when I want it.

I'm about to check it out now (had to watch the election results first,
though).
Diana


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Diana,

To fix this, close Outlook Express, then close Messenger, and then download
and run the
following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...ssenger_oe.reg

After this, you'll be able to close it whether or not Outlook Express is
open or not.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"DianaH" wrote in message
...
Thanks J,
I removed the checkmark that says "allow to run in the background".
That's
probably the fix.

Would you also happen to know how to close it when Outlook Express is
open.
I have to close Outlook Express before I can close Messenger. It's so
irritating. If I need to leave OE open, I have to tell Messenger to show
me
as "offline".

Thanks.

"J" wrote in message
...
Hi Diana,
If you want to stop Windows Messenger from appering on
your taskbar, you should open windows messenger and sign
in. Then go to Tools, options, and then click the tab
preferences. Then all you have to do is remove the
checkmarks from "Run this program when Windows starts"
and allow this "program to run in the background". If you
have signed in to it before with the same email it will
give you a message saying you signed out of it and signed
it yours. You should not delete windows messenger though
because it has components that windows needs to run. The
only time it will appear is when you sign in. Anyway take
care.

J

-----Original Message-----
Hi there.
I have Windows Messenger installed and want to leave it
installed. I've
stopped it from signing me in automatically. However, I
don't want it
loading in my systray. It's there (with an x -
indicating that I'm not
signed in). How do I take it to the next step - not
loading into the
systray on startup. It's not enabled in my msconfig in
startup.

Thanks for any suggestions.


.

Hi Diana,

You're very welcome =)
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"DianaH" wrote in message
...
Jonathan,
That did the trick. It still loads when I want it, but it doesn't load when
OE loads and I can exit it whenever I want.

Thanks so much. Diana

"DianaH" wrote in message
...
Thank you Jonathan. Your help might have come at the perfect time. It just
started to load ... signed-in. I didn't want that either. Like I said, I
want it installed, but I only want it to load when I want it.

I'm about to check it out now (had to watch the election results first,
though).
Diana


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Diana,

To fix this, close Outlook Express, then close Messenger, and then download
and run the
following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...ssenger_oe.reg

After this, you'll be able to close it whether or not Outlook Express is
open or not.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"DianaH" wrote in message
...
Thanks J,
I removed the checkmark that says "allow to run in the background".
That's
probably the fix.

Would you also happen to know how to close it when Outlook Express is
open.
I have to close Outlook Express before I can close Messenger. It's so
irritating. If I need to leave OE open, I have to tell Messenger to show
me
as "offline".

Thanks.

"J" wrote in message
...
Hi Diana,
If you want to stop Windows Messenger from appering on
your taskbar, you should open windows messenger and sign
in. Then go to Tools, options, and then click the tab
preferences. Then all you have to do is remove the
checkmarks from "Run this program when Windows starts"
and allow this "program to run in the background". If you
have signed in to it before with the same email it will
give you a message saying you signed out of it and signed
it yours. You should not delete windows messenger though
because it has components that windows needs to run. The
only time it will appear is when you sign in. Anyway take
care.

J

-----Original Message-----
Hi there.
I have Windows Messenger installed and want to leave it
installed. I've
stopped it from signing me in automatically. However, I
don't want it
loading in my systray. It's there (with an x -
indicating that I'm not
signed in). How do I take it to the next step - not
loading into the
systray on startup. It's not enabled in my msconfig in
startup.

Thanks for any suggestions.


.

Hi Diana,

You're very welcome =)
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"DianaH" wrote in message
...
Jonathan,
That did the trick. It still loads when I want it, but it doesn't load when
OE loads and I can exit it whenever I want.

Thanks so much. Diana

"DianaH" wrote in message
...
Thank you Jonathan. Your help might have come at the perfect time. It just
started to load ... signed-in. I didn't want that either. Like I said, I
want it installed, but I only want it to load when I want it.

I'm about to check it out now (had to watch the election results first,
though).
Diana


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Diana,

To fix this, close Outlook Express, then close Messenger, and then download
and run the
following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...ssenger_oe.reg

After this, you'll be able to close it whether or not Outlook Express is
open or not.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"DianaH" wrote in message
...
Thanks J,
I removed the checkmark that says "allow to run in the background".
That's
probably the fix.

Would you also happen to know how to close it when Outlook Express is
open.
I have to close Outlook Express before I can close Messenger. It's so
irritating. If I need to leave OE open, I have to tell Messenger to show
me
as "offline".

Thanks.

"J" wrote in message
...
Hi Diana,
If you want to stop Windows Messenger from appering on
your taskbar, you should open windows messenger and sign
in. Then go to Tools, options, and then click the tab
preferences. Then all you have to do is remove the
checkmarks from "Run this program when Windows starts"
and allow this "program to run in the background". If you
have signed in to it before with the same email it will
give you a message saying you signed out of it and signed
it yours. You should not delete windows messenger though
because it has components that windows needs to run. The
only time it will appear is when you sign in. Anyway take
care.

J

-----Original Message-----
Hi there.
I have Windows Messenger installed and want to leave it
installed. I've
stopped it from signing me in automatically. However, I
don't want it
loading in my systray. It's there (with an x -
indicating that I'm not
signed in). How do I take it to the next step - not
loading into the
systray on startup. It's not enabled in my msconfig in
startup.

Thanks for any suggestions.


.

Hi Diana,

You're very welcome =)
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"DianaH" wrote in message
...
Jonathan,
That did the trick. It still loads when I want it, but it doesn't load when
OE loads and I can exit it whenever I want.

Thanks so much. Diana

"DianaH" wrote in message
...
Thank you Jonathan. Your help might have come at the perfect time. It just
started to load ... signed-in. I didn't want that either. Like I said, I
want it installed, but I only want it to load when I want it.

I'm about to check it out now (had to watch the election results first,
though).
Diana


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Diana,

To fix this, close Outlook Express, then close Messenger, and then download
and run the
following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...ssenger_oe.reg

After this, you'll be able to close it whether or not Outlook Express is
open or not.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"DianaH" wrote in message
...
Thanks J,
I removed the checkmark that says "allow to run in the background".
That's
probably the fix.

Would you also happen to know how to close it when Outlook Express is
open.
I have to close Outlook Express before I can close Messenger. It's so
irritating. If I need to leave OE open, I have to tell Messenger to show
me
as "offline".

Thanks.

"J" wrote in message
...
Hi Diana,
If you want to stop Windows Messenger from appering on
your taskbar, you should open windows messenger and sign
in. Then go to Tools, options, and then click the tab
preferences. Then all you have to do is remove the
checkmarks from "Run this program when Windows starts"
and allow this "program to run in the background". If you
have signed in to it before with the same email it will
give you a message saying you signed out of it and signed
it yours. You should not delete windows messenger though
because it has components that windows needs to run. The
only time it will appear is when you sign in. Anyway take
care.

J

-----Original Message-----
Hi there.
I have Windows Messenger installed and want to leave it
installed. I've
stopped it from signing me in automatically. However, I
don't want it
loading in my systray. It's there (with an x -
indicating that I'm not
signed in). How do I take it to the next step - not
loading into the
systray on startup. It's not enabled in my msconfig in
startup.

Thanks for any suggestions.


.