How to Enable Hidden Secret “Add-ins” Tab in Windows Live Messenger’s Options Dialog Box?

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UPDATE: This method no longer works in newer versions.

Did you know there is an extra hidden tab in Windows Live Messenger Option dialog box? Its called "Add-ins". Its hidden by default. But there is a registry hack available to enable it.

Here is a step-by-step tutorial to enable it:

1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. Now goto:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger

2. In right-side pane, create a new DWORD value and give it name "AddInFeatureEnabled" and set its value to 1

3. That's it. Now open Windows Live Messenger and go to "Tools -> Options" and you'll see a new tab "Add-ins".

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