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Originally posted by Matty
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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff
why does it make Messenger run in the background?
It is a bug in Windows XP where the API, if Windows Messenger is installed, is run because natively Windows XP uses the API for certain features like Remote Assistance.
Its not really a bug though, its more how it is designed...
For a very detailed explanation, see:
http://www.fanatic.net.nz/2006/03/22/msn-messenge...api-confusion.html
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Originally posted by Deco
Just one more silly question I promise 
IS this all the decumentation on messengerAPi or is there anything else?
Documentation I found
Not a silly question though...
The link you provided is a part of the documentation, the main link is
this one.
Go to there you'll also see that this documentation is very old and actually meant for Windows Messenger, not MSN Messenger, let alone for Windows Live Messenger.
That same documentation is also available as a chm file though (somewhere, don't have the link at hand).
But many things stated there still apply or can be taken as basis. More details and practical examples can be found on various forums (msnfanatic, mess.be, this one, etc).
* for SpunkyLoveMuff and others who want to make a DLL which references the Messenger API, see sites as MSNFanatic, mess.be, etc. eg:
More (unofficial) info and examples on the Messenger API:
http://www.fanatic.net.nz/2003/05/31/introduction...-type-library.html
http://www.fanatic.net.nz/2004/08/02/display-picture-api.html
http://www.fanatic.net.nz/2005/10/10/accessing-an...-contact-list.html
* Related API docs (official):
Windows Live Messenger development
Messenger Activity Add-In API documentation 1
Messenger Activity Add-In API documentation 2
Yahoo Messenger API documentation
Messanger API
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