Is there a way to make messenger icon not display in system tray?

[Randy]

I am currently running Office 2003, but do not like "windows messenger"
program (so I never run it), but when Outlook 2003 is running the messenger
icon always appears in system tray (windows XP pro). Is there a way to not
have the messanger icon display?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

you can hide icons in the tray. Look on the task bar options.

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[Randy]

Thank you very much. Hiding the inactive icon in the system tray did the
trick. That is a Windows feature I had overlooked.
I guess more specificly I wanted to ask, is it possible to not have the
windows messenger even attempt to load when I am running Outlook. I was
looking for an option in Outlook (or control panel?) to disable windows
messenger.

you can hide icons in the tray. Look on the task bar options.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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I am currently running Office 2003, but do not like "windows messenger"
program (so I never run it), but when Outlook 2003 is running the
messenger
icon always appears in system tray (windows XP pro). Is there a way to not
have the messanger icon display?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

look on the tools, options menu - i think it's on the other tab but could be
wrong- and disable messenger integration. if you never use messenger, you
can disable it completely and maybe uninstall it - look at Google for
instructions.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Thank you very much. Hiding the inactive icon in the system tray did the
trick. That is a Windows feature I had overlooked.
I guess more specificly I wanted to ask, is it possible to not have the
windows messenger even attempt to load when I am running Outlook. I was
looking for an option in Outlook (or control panel?) to disable windows
messenger.

you can hide icons in the tray. Look on the task bar options.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

I am currently running Office 2003, but do not like "windows messenger"
program (so I never run it), but when Outlook 2003 is running the
messenger
icon always appears in system tray (windows XP pro). Is there a way to
not
have the messanger icon display?

 

[Ove Haithabu]

Hi, I come acoss the same issue:

Windows XP SP2, Outlook 2003 SP2
Whenever I start Outlook Messenger starts as well.
I would like to use Messenger so I do not want to deinstall it. I just do
not want it to switch itself on every time I start Outlook; I rather chose
myself when I can start it.

Went to TOOLS > OPTIONS > OTHER and unchecked the checkbox but to no avail.
When starting Outlook Messenger still starts, the box remains unchecked. The
box is only a tag which allows me to see the status of others while typing an
email; it will not deactivate the Messenger startup.

On a different Machine a colleague uses Outlook 2007 and comes across the
same issue there. I now installed the Office Communicator on my system and
now the messenger starts no more but the Office Communicator starts
automatically without that I have the option to deactivate it.

I have checked the registry but coudl not find any option in Outlook which
triggers the Messenger. In Outlook I could not find anything and in the
messenger options I could not find anything either.

Any help is appreciated.

Cheers,
OH