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

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/tutorial-enable-an-extra-tab-add-ins-in-windows-live-messenger-options-dialog-box.74915/

Vishal Gupta
Vishal Gupta Original post #1
Dec 5, 2007 at 2:48 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. :p

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:
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
Dec 5, 2007 at 2:55 PM
Wow.. thanks vista!! *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/1.gif
casanova
Dec 5, 2007 at 7:42 PM
Wow, nice find (hack).
Vishal Gupta
Dec 5, 2007 at 7:53 PM
Re: TUTORIAL: Enable an Extra Tab Add-ins in Windows Live Messenger Options Dialog Bo

Thanks guys. :)
redhat
redhat #5
Dec 9, 2007 at 8:11 PM
Hey, I enabled d Add-In tab, but the feaures under it are disabled...
How do I enable them?