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Make Windows Live Messenger Minimize to the System Tray in Windows 7

If you’ve used Windows Live Messenger in Windows 7, you’ve probably noticed that instead of minimizing to the system tray, the taskbar button always stays put. Luckily you can force Messenger to work the way you are expecting with a simple tweak.

To accomplish this, we are going to use the Compatibility Mode feature—which will trick the application into using the old behavior for previous versions of Windows.

Force Messenger Into the System Tray

Firstly, you’ll need to close Windows Live Messenger completely by right-clicking on the icon and choosing Close window.

You then need to go to the start menu and find the program. In this case it’s Start, All Programs, Windows Live, Windows Live Messenger.

From here we are going to utilize the lovely Windows 7 right-click and select Properties.

Then click on the compatibility tab on the right.

Then check the “Run this program in compatibility mode” box, choose Windows Vista, and click apply. This is the magical step that tricks Messenger into using the old behavior instead of the new Windows 7 mechanism.

When you reopen the program it will still display itself in the taskbar as it did before.

However if you now close it by clicking the fabled “X” in the top right hand corner, your system tray will be complete with a little blueish green man.

He’s been known to associate with some less than savoury fully green characters, so you can now sleep easy knowing you’ve done him a world of service by separating him from those other shady messengers.

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Minimize Windows Live Mail to the System Tray in Windows 7

Are you frustrated that you can not minimize Windows Live Mail to the system tray in Windows 7? With just a few tweaks you can make Live Mail minimize to the system tray just like in earlier versions of Windows.

UPDATE: If you are running the latest versions of Windows Live Essentials (15.4.3502.0922 or 15.4.3508.1109), then here is how to get the minimize to System Tray functionality back.

Modify the properties for the shortcut as shown here, then once you have Live Mail open right click on the System Tray Icon and make certain that “Hide window when minimized” is selected. Afterwards the Live Mail app window will minimize to the System Tray just like before.

Windows Live Mail in Windows Vista

In Windows Vista you could minimize Windows Live Mail to the system tray if desired using the context menu…

Windows Live Mail in Windows 7

In Windows 7 you can minimize the app window but not hide it in the system tray. The Hide window when minimized menu entry is missing from the context menu and all you have is the window icon taking up space in your taskbar.

How to Add the Context Menu Entry Back

Right click on the program shortcut(s) and select properties.

When the properties window opens click on the compatibility tab and enable the Run this program in compatibility mode for setting. Choose Windows Vista (Service Pack 2) from the drop-down menu and click OK.

Once you have restarted Windows Live Mail you will have access to the Hide window when minimized menu entry again.

And just like that your taskbar is clear again when Windows Live Mail is minimized.

If you have wanted the ability to minimize Windows Live Mail to the system tray in Windows 7 then this little tweak will fix the problem.

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