i accidentally pressed "lock messenger" in my plus! features list and now i have no idea how to get back into it. it wont come up.

please help!!

Please search the forum before posting as this has been answered many times

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Originally posted by MattyRid
If you locked your Messenger by accident and don't know how to get it back, look for a new icon in your notification area (bottom right; by the clock). It usually looks like a grey disk with tubes/pipes underneath. If you hover your mouse over it, you will see 'Windows Live Messenger'. If you still can't spot it, here's how it should look like: -- Double click this icon to bring your Messenger back. If that doesn't help hold "Ctrl" while you double click

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Um.. I dunno if I'm not supposed to post here, but i really need help, it still won't open if I double click and hold control at the same time.
The hotkey(that's what I like to call it) to hide the messenger is ctrl+space
and the one to open it back up is
ctrl+shift+space
But neither will work, what do I do?

In which case right click on the taskbar and choose "Task Manager"

Then go to the 'Processes' tab and look for "msnmsgr.exe" then right click on it and choose "End Process"

Then you can just reload Messenger

Omigosh, it worked and I didn't break anything.
Yaay, thank you so much.