Hello everyone!

I've created a script that places WLM back into the tray from the taskbar on Windows 7.
The script will only work on Win7 and WLM2009 and WLM2011.

Known glitches:
- Log-in animation doesn't always run
  WLM2011:
- Does not hide the log-in window when it's minimized (it would cause bugs)
- Extra "More Statuses" submenu

Please disable the Compatibility Mode setting while using the script.

Current version: 1.0 Beta 5

Well... After importing the script, Windows Explorer has crashed and closed, meaning I have no taskbar. Any attempt to bring up Task Manager results in an Application Error.

Edit: Task Manager came up eventually after closing all windows.

Windows 7, WLM 2011.

It's working fine here, Windows 7 and WLM 2009

Thank you for your replies.

Chris, can you please look into your event viewer (Start -> eventvwr)?
You need to look for the red error icons about this problem in the event viewer.

It'd be nice if you sent me the information you find there plus any memory dumps that might have been created of the crash.

Thank you

Very nice script! I love it Thank you...
There are no seen disadvatanges yet.

I'm happy you like it.
Can you please post what version of Messenger are you using it on?

Hello Speeder!

This is the debug info:

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Function called: OnEvent_ContactListWndCreated
Bad calling convention detected for "MessengerWindow" in "C:\Program Files\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus!\WLM-Scripts\MessengerToTray Beta\MessengerTrayHelper.dll". The function must be declared with __stdcall and called with the appropriate number of parameter.
Function called: OnEvent_ContactListWndDestroyed
Bad calling convention detected for "MessengerWindow" in "C:\Program Files\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus!\WLM-Scripts\MessengerToTray Beta\MessengerTrayHelper.dll". The function must be declared with __stdcall and called with the appropriate number of parameter.

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Thank you for your reply, Mystical. The script is updated and that error is fixed.
About box should write 1.0 Beta 2.

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Originally posted by Speeder
The script is updated and that error is fixed. About box should write 1.0 Beta 2.

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There is a tag in the script info folder called <InstallDir> which will let you specify the folder you want to install to. This way you can keep installing to the same directory but changing the name of the script.

But as Menthix said this shouldn't be done if it can be avoided.

Whooops
To be honest I already have the version info added to my build lines and just wrote the "Beta" in before upload by hand
Looks like I should be more careful indeed...
Thanks again for the comment.

I think Speeder should add an auto / simple updater to the script...And problem solved.

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Originally posted by Mystical
add an auto / simple updater to the script

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I will wait some more with uploading the script. Hence why it is in beta.
Chris4 still hasn't posted any reports about his issue either. Even though I don't think my script would be able to cause an Explorer crash, I'd like to check into his error to see what the actual problem was.

And yes, I don't want to code any updater myself if it's already implemented into Plus.

I'm surprised about the lack of new feature suggestions and/or glitch reports up till now though!

I loved this idea the moment I saw it in the other thread. Not something I think I'd use unless I was trying to forget the fact I was on Messenger (I have a tendency to shut ALL non-essential programs down - And also have a nearly clear desktop ).

I will try it out tonight. Is it something we could turn on and off with a command or does it screw up the icon/menu?

EDIT: If it works well, you'll be the first script in my showcase at http://spunkylm.co.uk/blog/ and I'll even do a video demonstration to post on youtube

It's as simple as enabling / disabling the script. I took care to make sure that the script initializes and turns itself off cleanly. Except of course for any possible Plus! memory leak of course.

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Originally posted by Speeder
Even though I don't think my script would be able to cause an Explorer crash, I'd like to check into his error to see what the actual problem was.

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Nome dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: taskhost.exe, versione: 6.1.7601.17514, timestamp: 0x4ce78ca9
Nome del modulo che ha generato l'errore: MessengerTrayHelper.dll, versione: 0.0.0.0, timestamp: 0x4d5e6eab
Codice eccezione: 0xc0000005
Offset errore 0x00001486
ID processo che ha generato l'errore: 0x77c
Ora di avvio dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: 0x01cbcf6530fe6832
Percorso dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
Percorso del modulo che ha generato l'errore: C:\Program Files\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus!\WLM-Scripts\MessengerToTray\MessengerTrayHelper.dll
ID segnalazione: 598d67ac-3b6f-11e0-8e6b-0016366ad241

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Nome dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: WerFault.exe, versione: 6.1.7600.16385, timestamp: 0x4a5bc2d9
Nome del modulo che ha generato l'errore: MessengerTrayHelper.dll, versione: 0.0.0.0, timestamp: 0x4d5e6eab
Codice eccezione: 0xc0000005
Offset errore 0x00001486
ID processo che ha generato l'errore: 0x158
Ora di avvio dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: 0x01cbcf7c1bd1d8ca
Percorso dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
Percorso del modulo che ha generato l'errore: C:\Program Files\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus!\WLM-Scripts\MessengerToTray\MessengerTrayHelper.dll
ID segnalazione: 5a04bc2f-3b6f-11e0-8e6b-0016366ad241

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Nome dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: wlcomm.exe, versione: 15.4.3508.1109, timestamp: 0x4cda5f30
Nome del modulo che ha generato l'errore: MessengerTrayHelper.dll, versione: 0.0.0.0, timestamp: 0x4d5e6eab
Codice eccezione: 0xc0000005
Offset errore 0x00001486
ID processo che ha generato l'errore: 0xa48
Ora di avvio dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: 0x01cbcf7bfd983f2e
Percorso dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Contacts\wlcomm.exe
Percorso del modulo che ha generato l'errore: C:\Program Files\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus!\WLM-Scripts\MessengerToTray\MessengerTrayHelper.dll
ID segnalazione: 617d394d-3b6f-11e0-8e6b-0016366ad241

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Nome dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: Explorer.EXE, versione: 6.1.7601.17514, timestamp: 0x4ce796f3
Nome del modulo che ha generato l'errore: MessengerTrayHelper.dll, versione: 0.0.0.0, timestamp: 0x4d5e6eab
Codice eccezione: 0xc0000005
Offset errore 0x00001486
ID processo che ha generato l'errore: 0x70
Ora di avvio dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: 0x01cbcf653143701a
Percorso dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
Percorso del modulo che ha generato l'errore: C:\Program Files\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus!\WLM-Scripts\MessengerToTray\MessengerTrayHelper.dll
ID segnalazione: 61abc3f0-3b6f-11e0-8e6b-0016366ad241

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<Provider Name="Application Error" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>100</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-02-18T14:58:19.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>3010</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>Ugo-PC</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>Explorer.EXE</Data>
    <Data>6.1.7601.17514</Data>
    <Data>4ce796f3</Data>
    <Data>MessengerTrayHelper.dll</Data>
    <Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
    <Data>4d5e6eab</Data>
    <Data>c0000005</Data>
    <Data>00001486</Data>
    <Data>70</Data>
    <Data>01cbcf653143701a</Data>
    <Data>C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE</Data>
    <Data>C:\Program Files\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus!\WLM-Scripts\MessengerToTray\MessengerTrayHelper.dll</Data>
    <Data>8552d1c0-3b6f-11e0-8e6b-0016366ad241</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

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Nome dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: explorer.exe, versione: 6.1.7601.17514, timestamp: 0x4ce796f3
Nome del modulo che ha generato l'errore: MessengerTrayHelper.dll, versione: 0.0.0.0, timestamp: 0x4d5e6eab
Codice eccezione: 0xc0000005
Offset errore 0x00001486
ID processo che ha generato l'errore: 0xc5c
Ora di avvio dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: 0x01cbcf7c48c19651
Percorso dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Percorso del modulo che ha generato l'errore: C:\Program Files\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus!\WLM-Scripts\MessengerToTray\MessengerTrayHelper.dll
ID segnalazione: 86931e69-3b6f-11e0-8e6b-0016366ad241

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<Provider Name="Application Error" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>100</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-02-18T14:58:21.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>3014</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>Ugo-PC</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>explorer.exe</Data>
    <Data>6.1.7601.17514</Data>
    <Data>4ce796f3</Data>
    <Data>MessengerTrayHelper.dll</Data>
    <Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
    <Data>4d5e6eab</Data>
    <Data>c0000005</Data>
    <Data>00001486</Data>
    <Data>c5c</Data>
    <Data>01cbcf7c48c19651</Data>
    <Data>C:\Windows\explorer.exe</Data>
    <Data>C:\Program Files\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus!\WLM-Scripts\MessengerToTray\MessengerTrayHelper.dll</Data>
    <Data>86931e69-3b6f-11e0-8e6b-0016366ad241</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

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Nome dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: taskmgr.exe, versione: 6.1.7601.17514, timestamp: 0x4ce78d21
Nome del modulo che ha generato l'errore: MessengerTrayHelper.dll, versione: 0.0.0.0, timestamp: 0x4d5e6eab
Codice eccezione: 0xc0000005
Offset errore 0x00001486
ID processo che ha generato l'errore: 0x6fc
Ora di avvio dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: 0x01cbcf7c38c87f38
Percorso dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
Percorso del modulo che ha generato l'errore: C:\Program Files\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus!\WLM-Scripts\MessengerToTray\MessengerTrayHelper.dll
ID segnalazione: 85c0d76d-3b6f-11e0-8e6b-0016366ad241

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Nome dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: taskeng.exe, versione: 6.1.7601.17514, timestamp: 0x4ce79261
Nome del modulo che ha generato l'errore: MessengerTrayHelper.dll, versione: 0.0.0.0, timestamp: 0x4d5e6eab
Codice eccezione: 0xc0000005
Offset errore 0x00001486
ID processo che ha generato l'errore: 0xebc
Ora di avvio dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: 0x01cbcf7c3c1285e1
Percorso dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
Percorso del modulo che ha generato l'errore: C:\Program Files\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus!\WLM-Scripts\MessengerToTray\MessengerTrayHelper.dll
ID segnalazione: 8693939b-3b6f-11e0-8e6b-0016366ad241

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I see, thank you for your feedback.
Can you explain how exactly did you produce this error?

Can I contact you in PM about generating a memory dump of this issue so I can analyze this crash better?

I'm wondering now how the heck did my DLL get loaded into explorer... Any Plus wizards know the details of how scripts are loaded?

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Originally posted by Speeder
I see, thank you for your feedback.
Can you explain how exactly did you produce this error?

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Originally posted by Speeder

Can I contact you in PM about generating a memory dump of this issue so I can analyze this crash better?

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Originally posted by Speeder
I'm wondering now how the heck did my DLL get loaded into explorer... Any Plus wizards know the details of how scripts are loaded?

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
I'm just guessing (I'm no wizard), but isn't it Explorer which controls the taskbar and system tray?

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Originally posted by Spunky
Only thing, the tray menu has 'Lock Messenger' in it. Locking Messenger does not hide your tray icon, which defeats the purpose of locking Messenger in a lot of cases. Would be nice if the tray icon could change to the icon configured by Messenger Plus! in that case.

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Yes, the problem is fixed, thanks to Ugosan.
It was not in connection to any Explorer manipulation, just my lack of proper reading of hook behaviour.
I will create a new optimized version later though, which is lighter on the system. (Not that the current should be noticable)

EDIT: Oh and please go to the messenger locking settings in Messenger Plus to edit what the tray icon should do when locking it.

Hello Speeder!
New error discovered:

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Function called: OnEvent_Uninitialize
Interop.Call failed to load "C:\Program Files\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus!\WLM-Scripts\MessengerToTray\MessengerTrayHelper.dll"
Error: unknown (code: -2147467259)
       File: Messenger to Tray.js. Line: 57.
Function OnEvent_Uninitialize returned an error. Code: -2147352567
Script has been stopped
Script is starting
Script is now loaded and ready
Function called: OnEvent_Initialize
Interop.Call failed to load "C:\Program Files\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus!\WLM-Scripts\MessengerToTray\MessengerTrayHelper.dll"
Error: unknown (code: -2147467259)
       File: Messenger to Tray.js. Line: 51.
Function OnEvent_Initialize returned an error. Code: -2147352567

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Hi Mystical,

Can you notice any visible effect with those errors?
When getting the error on the Uninitialize, does the tray icon stay? Can you check if the DLL file keeps being locked?
When the Initialize fails, do you still get the tray icon? Does the menu work?

Can I contact you in a PM to resolve this issue?

I never get the tray icon...
I get this debug info, and I don't get the tray icon.
I don't know what is the problem.

Updated MessengerToTray in the first post. This is just an optimization of the previous version for WLM2011 users. Please update

Hello Speeder!

I tested it...Work perfectly!(with plus 5 and  wlm '11)

Very nice script. Ought to be a standard feature of Plus!.

I think you should be add Hotkeys for open / hide messenger main.

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Originally posted by Mystical
I think you should be add Hotkeys for open / hide messenger main.

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I think Mystical wants the ability of opening and closing the Contact List window with a hotkey not necessarily locking it.

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Originally posted by matty
I think Mystical wants the ability of opening and closing the Contact List window with a hotkey not necessarily locking it.

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Originally posted by Arcticwolfx

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Originally posted by matty
I think Mystical wants the ability of opening and closing the Contact List window with a hotkey not necessarily locking it.

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Using the hotkey only, wouldn't this do the same thing?

Just tested it, enabling the option to use Messenger Lock with a hotkey (Ctrl+Space in my case) and un-checking all the other boxes would result for my Messenger Window to hide and reappear every time I pressed it.

Or am I still misunderstanding something?

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Actually I'm using a hook not subclassing since there are many windows that are created and destroyed much of the time that I need to handle for features. (WLM2011 or toast windows...)
I wrote the DLL for performance reasons - so my hook was quick. The DLL only installs thread-specific hooks now, so it should have no performance hit on the system itself. I prefer C++ over JavaScript anyways, especially for WinAPI.

I'm open to implementing features over the current basic stuff, but if you want one implemented, please explain what you want precisely. In the case of Mystical's request, it seems so far to be basically the same thing as what the lock feature can do, so I'm not really up for that one.
What I was thinking about was adding options to open Plus settings for example, but I don't know of any standard way I could do so however. (In WLM2009, no window is guaranteed to be opened that I could send the proper WM_COMMAND message to for example.) If someone can tell me how I should communicate with Plus! for such menu features, please say.

Does anyone know when the script upload will work again on the site? Looks like this script can be released from the lack of error reports lately.

P.S.: I haven't written previously but middle-clicking on the tray icon does auto-login

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Originally posted by Speeder
P.S.: I haven't written previously but middle-clicking on the tray icon does auto-login

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Alright, fixed that problem. Added the current version into my post.

I Want if i press ex: crtl+o then open  the Contact List window and if i press ex: crtl+h then hide the Contact List window (not exit the msn).
Is feasible?

You mean you want that not to hide your conversation windows, only to open or close the contact list?
Suppose it's feasible, but I wouldn't like adding global hotkeys like that into the system without a configuration interface. And of course I'm too lazy to create a configuration interface

If you want that feature, please create a hotkey setup window script. I'll add the feature then.

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Originally posted by Speeder

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Originally posted by Mystical
I Want if i press ex: crtl+o then open  the Contact List window and if i press ex: crtl+h then hide the Contact List window (not exit the msn).
Is feasible?

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You mean you want that not to hide your conversation windows, only to open or close the contact list?
Suppose it's feasible, but I wouldn't like adding global hotkeys like that into the system without a configuration interface. And of course I'm too lazy to create a configuration interface

If you want that feature, please create a hotkey setup window script. I'll add the feature then.

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I'm fine with that option as well. Heheh

okay Speeder ... you leave this idea...