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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