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Add Windows Live Messenger button to Internet Explorer toolbar
- Copyright © 2008 Ramesh Srinivasan
- Internet Explorer 6
To add Windows Live Messenger button to Internet Explorer toolbar, use the REG file available at the bottom of this page.
Instructions
Download windows_live_button.reg and save to Desktop. Right-click the file, and choose Merge. Click Yes to confirm the action. Download msn.ico and save it to your Windows folder.
Open Internet Explorer, right-click the standard toolbar and choose Customize. Add Windows Live Messenger to the Current toolbar buttons listing so that the newly added button is displayed.
Also, an additional menu entry (Windows Live Messenger) will be added to the Tools menu after you apply the REG file.
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9 Responses to "Add Windows Live Messenger button to Internet Explorer toolbar" 
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said this on 27 Jul 2006 7:06:44 AM PDT
Great!
Perhaps it's nicer to set the hoticon to %Programfiles%\MSN Messenger\msgsres.dll,684.
Best regards,
Dany
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said this on 27 Jul 2006 9:08:37 AM PDT
Thanks, Dany. HotIcon is now changed.
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said this on 15 Oct 2006 3:39:58 PM PDT
This seemed like an easy fix, but I tried it and it didn't work> :-(
Any suggestions?
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said this on 04 Jan 2007 4:00:29 PM PDT
it does not work in IE7 sorry
Editor's note: This works fine in IE7. You need to customize the Command Bar in order to show the Messenger icon.
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said this on 16 Feb 2007 1:55:58 PM PDT
Thats Great.... really.... and it's works fine with IE 7
Thanks
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said this on 19 Feb 2007 7:30:09 AM PDT
thanks, it's really nice to work with it
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said this on 23 Oct 2007 1:51:08 AM PDT
I realise it is not what you intended, but writing "No" into "Default Visible" under "HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerExtensions{FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683}" disables the button nicely.
I searched high and low for this, and your reg file pointed me towards the solution I needed.
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