Re: removing windows messenger icon from systray

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it does not run when windows starts it runs when Outlook opens and the option
in Outlook is disabled also. The website Rick pointed me at was no help
either I don't want to remove the program I actually use it every now and
then I just don't want it to fire up on it's own it's annoying. Thanks.

"frodo@xxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:

> "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Open Outlooks options, there is an checkbox there (where precisely depends
> > on your version) that loads messenger whenever you open Outlook, you need
> > to disable it.
>
> the above option in Outlook Express is only avail if you have the latest
> OE patches applied from Windows Update. Get 'em!
>
> also, messenger itself has an option to "startup w/ windows startup",
> which you can/should uncheck.
>
> after doing both it should not come up without you explicitly launching
> it.
>
.

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