How to get Windows Messenger 5.0 to point to hotmail

[Neil]

I've just installed Messenger 5.0 and when I try to open
email I get my outlook (home account) rather than my
hotmail one.

In MSN messenger this works fine

How do I configure Windows Messenger 5.0 to point to my
hotmail inbox and not my local machine inbox

My messenger is logged in with my hotmail account.

tia

Neil.

 

[Cody]

You can't do this anymore, they have removed this feature
from version 5. I would recommend downgrading back to
version 4.7. If you need to download it again you can
find the link on the Windows Messenger website.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Neil,

As Cody has mentioned to you, the built-in MSN Hotmail feature has moved to MSN Messenger 6
(or you can go back to Windows Messenger 4.7).

Although you won't see the alerts (toast windows) which notify you of new e-mail, you can
simply change your default mail handler in Windows to Hotmail, which then Windows Messenger 5
will use. To do so, open Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu, then Options, then
Programs tab, then under E-mail choose "Hotmail" and click OK.

Or you can go back to Windows Messenger 4.7,by clicking Start, then Run, type (or copy/paste)
the following:
msiexec.exe /x {ABEB838C-A1A7-4C5D-B7E1-8B4314B10138}
and then click OK.

Then, you can reinstall Windows Messenger 4.7 from here:
http://g.msn.com/5meen_us/121?plcid=0409
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Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com