Greetings j,
You need to have MSN 8 running for it to open in MSN 8. However, I believe this specific
problem will be corrected in future versions of MSN Messenger 6.
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Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
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"j" <jwitaskin.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:01f401c37a3c$331f6db0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Why does the "X new e-mail messages" link in MS Messenger
> open IE to the Hotmail page, instead of opening MSN 8
> software? I notice that if I have MSN already open and
> minimized, it is maximized to the mail page. But if it
> is not open, IE opens instead to Hotmail.