really like how Windows Messenger is integrated into Outlook Express
(my preferred email client) just as MSN Messenger used to be. I have
Windows Messenger set to open and close with Outlook Express, and when
I am working on my email I can see which of my contacts is online. MSN
Messenger does have some better features though it no longer integrates
with Outlook Express. Is there any way in which I can replace or merge
Windows Messenger with MSN Messenger so that MSN will integrate with
Outlook Express in the same way that Windows Messenger does? Even when
I install MSN Messenger, it screws up the way that Windows Messenger
operates (i.e. it fails to sign in automatically after the MSN
install,and my contacts no longer appear in OE) and this problem does
not seem to have a solution).

I would be happy if I could at least have both versions of Messenger
installed on my computer but with Windows Messenger behaving as it did
before I installed MSN (signing in and out with the opening/closing of
Outlook Express and my online contacts showing up in the Contacts
Window).

THANKS!

In news:1130514785.355166.105960@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com,
michaelbillinger@yahoo.ca <michaelbillinger@yahoo.ca> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> really like how Windows Messenger is integrated into Outlook Express
> (my preferred email client) just as MSN Messenger used to be. I have
> Windows Messenger set to open and close with Outlook Express, and when
> I am working on my email I can see which of my contacts is online. MSN
> Messenger does have some better features though it no longer
> integrates with Outlook Express. Is there any way in which I can
> replace or merge Windows Messenger with MSN Messenger so that MSN
> will integrate with Outlook Express in the same way that Windows
> Messenger does? Even when I install MSN Messenger, it screws up the
> way that Windows Messenger operates (i.e. it fails to sign in
> automatically after the MSN install,and my contacts no longer appear
> in OE) and this problem does not seem to have a solution).
>
> I would be happy if I could at least have both versions of Messenger
> installed on my computer but with Windows Messenger behaving as it did
> before I installed MSN (signing in and out with the opening/closing of
> Outlook Express and my online contacts showing up in the Contacts
> Window).
>
> THANKS!

Alright, I'm in one of those moods again...

http://kgiii.info/ignore/MSNandOE.zip

Inside that you'll find a test.vbs file (Visual Basic Script) and you can
open it and read it with Notepad if you'd like to ensure I'm not doing
anything bad.

Once you've seen what it does then you can just click on that and it will
automatically open both Outlook Express and MSN Messenger. Err... I suppose
I could have given it a pretty icon and turned it into an EXE if need be but
this is small, functional, and just plain fun. (It's been a LONG night...)

You can rename it anything you'd like. In fact you can customize it to open
all sorts of stuff at once if you really want. 'Tis you're new script. Hope
you enjoy it.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the
furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the
lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it."

Sherlock Holmes

In news:ua1%23ANI3FHA.732@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
Galen <galennews@gmail.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> In news:1130514785.355166.105960@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com,
> michaelbillinger@yahoo.ca <michaelbillinger@yahoo.ca> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> really like how Windows Messenger is integrated into Outlook Express
>> (my preferred email client) just as MSN Messenger used to be. I have
>> Windows Messenger set to open and close with Outlook Express, and
>> when I am working on my email I can see which of my contacts is
>> online. MSN Messenger does have some better features though it no
>> longer integrates with Outlook Express. Is there any way in which I
>> can replace or merge Windows Messenger with MSN Messenger so that MSN
>> will integrate with Outlook Express in the same way that Windows
>> Messenger does? Even when I install MSN Messenger, it screws up the
>> way that Windows Messenger operates (i.e. it fails to sign in
>> automatically after the MSN install,and my contacts no longer appear
>> in OE) and this problem does not seem to have a solution).
>>
>> I would be happy if I could at least have both versions of Messenger
>> installed on my computer but with Windows Messenger behaving as it
>> did before I installed MSN (signing in and out with the
>> opening/closing of Outlook Express and my online contacts showing up
>> in the Contacts Window).
>>
>> THANKS!
>
> Alright, I'm in one of those moods again...
>
> http://kgiii.info/ignore/MSNandOE.zip
>
> Inside that you'll find a test.vbs file (Visual Basic Script) and you
> can open it and read it with Notepad if you'd like to ensure I'm not
> doing anything bad.
>
> Once you've seen what it does then you can just click on that and it
> will automatically open both Outlook Express and MSN Messenger.
> Err... I suppose I could have given it a pretty icon and turned it
> into an EXE if need be but this is small, functional, and just plain
> fun. (It's been a LONG night...)
> You can rename it anything you'd like. In fact you can customize it
> to open all sorts of stuff at once if you really want. 'Tis you're
> new script. Hope you enjoy it.

14 people downloaded it and no one complained so I'll probably make it a
part of the site at some point. Might as well... So, it seems, it must work
on more systems than the three that it was tested on here. *grins* Really, I
gotta get a life...

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the
furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the
lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it."

Sherlock Holmes