Recently I blogged about secret Multi-Login feature in Yahoo! messenger which allows to run multiple instances of Yahoo! messenger and to log into multiple Yahoo! accounts in a single system.
Now I’ll tell you about another hidden feature in Yahoo! messenger which allows to have Tabs in Yahoo! conversation/Chat windows just like a web browser tabs. You can chat with several friends in a single window using tabs.
As you can see in the above screenshot, a single Yahoo! chat window is running having 5 tabs opened. You can click on a tab and starting chatting with that buddy.
So without wasting any more time, lets start our simple and easy tutorial:
1. Open regedit and goto:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\
2. In right-side pane, create/modify DWORD value Tabbed IM and set its value to 1
3. That’s it. Close registry editor and start Yahoo! messenger. Now you can chat with all buddies in a single chat window.
4. If you want to remove tab feature, then simply delete the DWORD value Tabbed IM or set its value to 0
PS: If you don’t want to do the task manually and want a ready-made registry script, then download following ZIP file, extract it and then run the extracted REG file. It’ll ask for confirmation, accept it and you have done:
Enable-Tabs-in-Yahoo-Messenger-Chat-Window
NOTE: I have only tested this trick in Yahoo! messenger 8.1, so can’t confirm whether it works in other versions or not. Also you might face a few GUI glitches which can be fixed by maximizing/minimizing the chat window.
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Jeet Chowdhury said:
thanks…
also for hiding ids….
netbox said:
Found a problem bro..
how can i resolve this - [B][URL=http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7356/tabbedimchatwk8.png]PREVIEW[/URL][/B]
VG said:
^^ Maximize and then restore the window.
Gaurish Sharma said:
Its a pretty handy feature, wonder why Yahoo choose to keep it secret
Navjot Singh said:
Does not work in Yahoo! Messenger 9.1.
And is that screenshot of 8.1 messenger or Vista version?
VG said:
^^ Its version 8.1 with my Vista theme for yahoo messenger.
Abbey said:
Can you help me with his problem please. where ever i try to chat on yahoo messenger i can’t see whatever i type and i can see from my buddy but they can see mine what is the problem please
VG said:
^^ Please check following topic:
http://www.askvg.com/frequently-asked-problems-with-solutions-part-3/
brian said:
Hi Vishal! I just want to ask what to do if your messenger doesn’t have a scrollbar.
Thanks again…