command line - startup switches for live messenger

what are the command line - startup switches for live messenger?
and how exactly should I write them (with quotes or not?) for a
command batch file...

thanks

Greetings,

I don't believe there are any.

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"John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message news:...
> what are the command line - startup switches for live messenger?
> and how exactly should I write them (with quotes or not?) for a
> command batch file...
>
> thanks
>

"C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background


/background is a switch what does it do? are there more?


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
>
> I don't believe there are any.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message
> news:...
>> what are the command line - startup switches for live messenger?
>> and how exactly should I write them (with quotes or not?) for a
>> command batch file...
>>
>> thanks
>>
>
>

To see Messenger Command Line Invocation Options open a Command Prompt
Window and type:

Progra~1\MSNMes~1\msnmsgr.exe /?

Hi,

Don't even need to do that, Messenger adds itself to the AppPath's in the registry so just
msnmsgr.exe /? does it.

I forgot all about these.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"Robert" <> wrote in message
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> To see Messenger Command Line Invocation Options open a Command Prompt Window and type:
>
> Progra~1\MSNMes~1\msnmsgr.exe /?