MSN Messenger Behavior in Task Bar

[davidwkelling]

Greetings,

I prefer an unusual taskbar configuration, vertical, quite wide (3
inches), on the left side of the desktop, auto-hidden, always on top,
it comes out when my mouse hits the left side of the desktop. (For
some odd reason I like to be able to actually read the
filename/application in each application's taskbar button, and can do
so when they are wide and stacked vertically.)

Problem is, MSN Messenger is a regular communication tool at work.
Whenever someone sends me a message, it pops out my 3-inch wide task
bar and therefore covers anything I was looking at or typing into and
MUST click on the messenger window to make the taskbar hide again. If
I happen to be dragging something to a spot in the left 3 inches of the
screen, unwanted things can happen if I let it go right after the
taskbar pops out.

Does anyone know how to make it so an always-on-top, auto-hidden
taskbar does not pop out everytime I get a messenger message?

Thanks

David

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings David,

I'm afraid this is by-design in Windows, and I'm not familiar with anyway to override it.

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[John Jay Smith]

you can disable the pop ups

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

It still gets a flashing taskbar icon and opens up the auto-hide.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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