Canary Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 I installed MSN Messenger, but uninstalled it because I didn't like it. But now when I start my computer and I get to the Windows log-in screen, beneath my name it says how many unopened Hotmails I have. This is before I have even signed into my User Account, let alone signed into Hotmail. How can I get rid of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 To clear unread e-mail counter, go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ UnreadMail \ <Account> \ MessageCount and set Data value to 0x00000000 (0) To remove all unread e-mail counter messages from Welcome logon screen, go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ UnreadMail \ MessageExpiryDays and set Data value to 0x00000000 (0) [0 = Disabled / 1 = 1 day / ... / 3 = 3 days (default setting)] If the key does not exist, create a new entry, i.e., MessageExpiryDays REG_DWORD 0x00000000 (0) I don't know if there's a way to stop the message for just the Hotmail account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canary Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 Thanks, Glenn. I'm a bit of a novice with the registry. Can you you talk me through how I do it? Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDemolition Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 go to Start > Run > type in "regedit" and then navigate to the key. it should be pretty easy to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canary Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 Thanks mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 You've probably done this already but, when you navigate to the key, just doublclick it and you'll get a edit window. See screen shots: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canary Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 I've actually deleted the whole "UnreadMail" entry - was that safe to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 If you don't have any e-mail accounts to automatically download into your client (Outlook or other), it's probably harmless. If you experience any difficulties, you can just recreate the key and the two values shown in my screenshot. Subkeys for accounts will automatically be created when you set up your e-mail client (actually the whole UnreadMail key would probably be created). Feel free to PM me if you need any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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