How to Enable Tabs in Yahoo! Messenger Chat Windows?

[Posted in Messengers, Yahoo! Messenger]






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.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/TabbedYahooMessengerChatWindow.jpg

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.



9 Replies:

  1. thanks… :smile:

    also for hiding ids…. :roll:

  2. Found a problem bro..
    how can i resolve this - [B][URL=http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7356/tabbedimchatwk8.png]PREVIEW[/URL][/B]

  3. ^^ Maximize and then restore the window.

  4. Its a pretty handy feature, wonder why Yahoo choose to keep it secret :???:

  5. Does not work in Yahoo! Messenger 9.1.

    And is that screenshot of 8.1 messenger or Vista version? :cool:

  6. ^^ Its version 8.1 with my Vista theme for yahoo messenger. :)

  7. 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

  8. ^^ Please check following topic:

    http://www.askvg.com/frequently-asked-problems-with-solutions-part-3/

  9. Hi Vishal! I just want to ask what to do if your messenger doesn’t have a scrollbar.
    Thanks again…


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