Disable Windows Messenger balloon tip.
This setting disables the balloon tip, which Windows Messenger displays on getting minimized in the notification area.
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Description:
When windows messenger is closed, it minimizes into the notification area (earlier called as system tray). Normally, a balloon tip pops-up that it is still running in the background. The notifier pops-up automatically and can be closed down by clicking on 'x' in top right corner. However, if you are annoyed of this regular pop-up display you can disable it through this simple registry change. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a binary value dsbkgndmode in the right panel, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify its value to 1 which can disable balloon tips. However, if you want enable the display back, change the value data to 0 or delete the added value. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
When windows messenger is closed, it minimizes into the notification area (earlier called as system tray). Normally, a balloon tip pops-up that it is still running in the background. The notifier pops-up automatically and can be closed down by clicking on 'x' in top right corner. However, if you are annoyed of this regular pop-up display you can disable it through this simple registry change. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a binary value dsbkgndmode in the right panel, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify its value to 1 which can disable balloon tips. However, if you want enable the display back, change the value data to 0 or delete the added value. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Go to <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService\]</b>, right-click in the open area to create a Binary Value with the name "DSBkgndMode" in "MessengerService" key.
Next, right-click on "DSBkgndMode" and click on 'Modify'.
Finally, enter the value "01 00 00 00" in the text box and click on 'OK'.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService\]
- Location: Current User
- Value Name: DSBkgndMode
- Data Type: REG_BINARY (Binary Value)
- Enabled Value: 1
- Disabled Value: 0
- Action Type: Add an Entry
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