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

Vishal Gupta · 05-12-2007, 02:48 PM

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:

After:

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

1. Open regedit and goto:

Code:

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 · 05-12-2007, 02:55 PM

Wow.. thanks vista!!

casanova · 05-12-2007, 07:42 PM

Wow, nice find (hack).

Vishal Gupta · 05-12-2007, 07:53 PM

Thanks guys.

redhat · 09-12-2007, 08:11 PM

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

05-12-2007, 02:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Vishal Gupta Microsoft MVP Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: AskVG.com Posts: 5,173	TUTORIAL: Enable an Extra Tab Add-ins in Windows Live Messenger Options Dialog Box 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: After: So here is step-by-step tutorial to enable it: 1. Open regedit and goto: Code: 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. __________________ http://www.AskVG.com/ Last edited by Vishal Gupta; 10-12-2007 at 01:39 AM.

05-12-2007, 02:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
Gigacore Dreamweaver Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,885	Re: TUTORIAL: Enable an Extra Tab Add-ins in Windows Live Messenger Options Dialog Box Wow.. thanks vista!! __________________ Today's noobs are tomorrow's geeks. Don't make fun of them.. encourage them. - Gigacore Follow me on twitter.com/gigacore

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casanova The Frozen Nova Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Trespasser in Virtual Land Posts: 1,641	Re: TUTORIAL: Enable an Extra Tab Add-ins in Windows Live Messenger Options Dialog Box Wow, nice find (hack). __________________ I dream of a better tomorrow... where chickens can cross roads and not have their motives questioned. www.nerdweed.blogspot.com

05-12-2007, 07:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
Vishal Gupta Microsoft MVP Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: AskVG.com Posts: 5,173	Re: TUTORIAL: Enable an Extra Tab Add-ins in Windows Live Messenger Options Dialog Bo Thanks guys. __________________ http://www.AskVG.com/

09-12-2007, 08:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
redhat Mad and Furious Join Date: May 2006 Location: Visual Basic 6.0 Posts: 453	Re: TUTORIAL: Enable an Extra Tab Add-ins in Windows Live Messenger Options Dialog Box Hey, I enabled d Add-In tab, but the feaures under it are disabled... How do I enable them?

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