TUTORIAL: Enable an Extra Tab Add-ins in Windows Live Messenger Options Dialog Box

[Vishal Gupta]

Guys

Did you know there is an extra hidden tab in Windows Live Messenger Option dialog box? Its called "Add-ins". I don’t know why its hidden by default? Today I found a registry hack to enable it in WLM while playing with WLM’s EXE file in Resource Hacker.

Before:

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After:

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So here is step-by-step tutorial to enable it:

1. Open regedit and goto:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger

2. In right-side pane, create a new DWORD value and give it name “AddInFeatureEnabled” and set its value to 1

3. Thats it. Now open Windows Live Messenger and goto “Tools -> Options” and you’ll see a new tab "Add-ins" at last.

Above information can also be read here.

 

[Gigacore]

Wow.. thanks vista!! *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/1.gif

 

[casanova]

Wow, nice find (hack).

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Re: TUTORIAL: Enable an Extra Tab Add-ins in Windows Live Messenger Options Dialog Bo

Thanks guys.

 

[redhat]

Hey, I enabled d Add-In tab, but the feaures under it are disabled...
How do I enable them?