Remove ads from Yahoo Messenger 8

If you install the newest Yahoo Messenger 8.0, you'll notice a very annoying animated ad at the bottom of the main window. How to get rid of the ads?

1. Close Yahoo Messenger.
2. Save this file (.bat text file) and execute it.

The .bat file you've just downloaded edits most registry values related to the ads in Yahoo Messenger from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\pager\YUrl, replacing the data with a dummy asterisk. If you install new versions of Yahoo Messenger, you'll have to repeat the steps above, as Yahoo setup rewrites the registry entries.

- There was an earlier set of registry editing instructions which were for Yahoo Messenger 7.5 up to 8.0 Beta (8.0.0.508) but no longer worked for 8.0 Final. These updated instructions have been tested and found to work for 8.0 Final (both the initial 8.0.0.682 release and the current 8.0.0.683 release).

(2006-08-03 12:24:13 SGT) [Tech] Permalink

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