Disable Aero UI in Windows Live Messenger (WLM) Under Windows Vista and 7

If you use latest version of Windows Live Messenger (WLM) under Windows Vista or 7, you might have noticed that it uses Windows Aero theme to draw window borders, titlebar buttons, etc. Older versions of WLM didn't use Aero frame, they used to provide their own GUI.

If you miss the old GUI and want to get it back, you can get it by turning Aero theme off in Windows but that's not a perfect solution as it'll affect the whole system look. Then what to do? Don't worry, here is the ultimate solution.

"Messenger Aero Switcher" is a small tool to easily turn Aero off or on for WLM without affecting any other Windows application.

Before using "Messenger Aero Switcher":

After using "Messenger Aero Switcher":

Simply run the tool and select the desired option. It'll immediately apply the change.

You can download it using following link:

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5 Comments

Yatti420

Thanks!..
Tangmeister

Great tip!

I was wondering if you knew about Vistart 7 being released...
oscar

but, but, i love my aero T_T, jaja, nice tip for the people that want the msn the way that win xp have, one more tip, if you want to have the msn on the notification area, run the msn as windows xp sp3 and done

sorry for my english
master

You are smart, when I change the scene color, it'll also appear on the top!
Wumbo7

mm, I like it better without Aero, thx for the app