Hey this, this is a tutorial showing you how to open hotmail from windows live messenger, in Firefox/safari or whatever your default browser is. I am going to copy and paste the steps, just encase some people to trust the source site. Source Site ------------------------------------------------------------------------- One of the biggest problems with Live messenger is it automatically assumes that you like Internet Explorer to view hotmail or any other live mail accounts. This is so wrong because most of us use FireFox as our default browsers. So it’s a bit annoying when clicking on the email button in messenger directly opens IE and starts loading hotmail. So here is a nice utility which allows you to customize in which browser you want to open your hotmail page. Even if you set firefox as the default browser, only the links get open. The email button always opens IE to load your hotmail. This is ok if you use IE7 with IE7 pro , and a disaster if you are still using IE6 in older OS, or if you prefer opening hotmail in FireFox. 1 . Install Latest Version of WLM (not a beta, might not work with a beta) 2. Install Messenger Plus! Live Important Note: When install, at the first screen, click Next. Take a careful look at the second screen because that’s where it will ask you whether to install sponsor program or not. Select “I refuse to give my support, don’t install the sponsor“. 2. Download StuffPlug and install. 3. Launch Windows Live Messenger and sign in. 4. Try clicking the email icon and see if your Hotmail inbox will be launched in Firefox. If not, then click StuffPlug 3 from menu and select Options. Go to General tab and make sure the option “Open all URLs in default browser” is checked. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh btw, both messenger plus and stuffplug are SAFE messenger addons, that do not include spyware or malware.
I downloaded stuffplug 3 and it says loading failed .. then it doesnt work and you have to install again .. When i did that it said failed again .. ¬.¬ Any tips?
Or you could just install Windows Live Mail with Windows Live Messenger and use the that, which I think is easier and better. And you can add multiple hotmail and other email addresses into it so... Yeah. If you do that, when you click the mail thing in the Messenger window it will open WLMail. Convenient =]
That things awesome macka, nice find. Thats the only reason I opened IE besides the time when I need to run it for certain things.