Two things have bugged me with Windows Live Messenger in Windows 7:
- I don’t like the way the Windows Live Messenger icon stays permanently in the Windows 7 Taskbar
- 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
Your 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.
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.
