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84 Responses for "Open Hotmail with Firefox from Windows Live Messenger"

1. Sharon January 27th, 2008 at 4:33 pm 1

   An easier way is to use Trillian it opens with Firefox

2. JuNyI January 27th, 2008 at 4:34 pm 2

   erm Raymond that software have spyware mcafee siteadvisor marked red site any other way ????

   pls Reply

3. black2 January 27th, 2008 at 4:45 pm 3

   “Open Hotmail with Firefox from Windows Live Messenger” and how about open hotmail with opera?
   Is there anyway it can?

4. Zepx January 27th, 2008 at 5:07 pm 4

   thanks, been looking for this.

5. MR7 January 27th, 2008 at 6:09 pm 5

   black2, this plugin will use your default browser; so if Opera is default, it will open using it…

6. Alex January 27th, 2008 at 10:09 pm 6

   Works like a charm. Thank you Raymond!

   Alex

7. Ashu January 27th, 2008 at 10:19 pm 7

   I use Flock myself, but I have to keep Internet Explorer as my default browser. I had once made Flock my default browser and my ZoneAlarm firewall didn’t update! Flock is based on Firefox, so that applies to Firefox as well. As well we may like other browsers, many applications still support ONLY IE.
   

8. Max January 27th, 2008 at 10:42 pm 8

   Hi, i’m glad someone recognises this subtle yet severly annoying problem. Microsoft just doesn’t seem able to play along with the other kids.

   It would’ve been nice to solve this problem without resorting to all the plugins.

9. yh January 27th, 2008 at 10:48 pm 9

   is it necessary to install msg plus live? seems like stuffplug itself can do the job.

10. mark January 28th, 2008 at 12:11 am 10

    I too use Trillian and it respects Firefox, which can then be GMonkey’d to remove the annoying big ads from Windows Live

    http://userstyles.org/styles/3904

11. Masca January 28th, 2008 at 4:59 am 11

    Yet another invaluabe peice of advice, thankyou raymond, but as was mensioned by JuNyI, i am still reluctant to install messenger plus as a lot of antivirus software is saying it contains spyware and other malicios programs

12. Raymond January 28th, 2008 at 8:44 am 12

    Messenger Plus is flagged as spyware by a lot of antivirus software is because they have the ability to install “sponsor” which I included in the screenshot above. If you don’t install it, I assure you it’s fine.

13. **Juanito** January 29th, 2008 at 12:14 am 13

    Very nice but how to do this manually without relying on third-party software?.
    Thank a lot

14. 4wallz January 29th, 2008 at 3:35 am 14

    My solution is to use Meebo rather than MSN Messenger. If we are talking about not using Microsoft’s browser, then why would you use Microsoft’s chat program?

    Meebo is a great website (www.meebo.com) and you can chat on MSN’s network, AIM/AOL (includes Mac iChat users), ICQ, Yahoo, Gtalk and Jabber.

15. larkby February 5th, 2008 at 9:11 am 15

    enable trilly through add/remove. works. thanks

16. lorla March 8th, 2008 at 11:22 am 16

    how do u download messenger helppppppppp

17. rokin March 11th, 2008 at 11:03 pm 17

    pour ouvrir la boite des messages avec Firefox, il suffit d\’aller dans le panneau de configuration, ajouter ou supprimer des programmes, a gauche il ya , definir les progs par défaut, pour le navigateur web , choisi Firefox.
    et cé terminé!

18. Arghh March 21st, 2008 at 7:32 am 18

    What about safari(apple for vista), there seems to be a bug in this procedure. Somthing to do with liveid. It almost almost work for me.

19. jake March 26th, 2008 at 7:45 am 19

    hi, what is stuffplug 3, and how do i click it?

20. jake March 26th, 2008 at 7:49 am 20

    DUUUH, i just realised, sorry

21. Ioanna April 4th, 2008 at 5:30 am 21

    the problem is not how to go to my hotmail inbox, there are a lot of other ways to do that. Me too, i have set mozilla as my default browser and i am really pleased with him , which is not happening with IE7 which came preinstalled into my laptop with vista, and has stopped responding for more than 5 months now…and now, a new problem came up: when i try to send or receive a wing from my windows live messenger, pops up an announcenment that says that if i want to receive or sent windows live messenger content i have to install the newer version of adobe flash player, and it urges me to click install . But when i click install a window of IE opens which immediately closes and windows are looking for a solution to the problem , which never comes, the explorer closes and it is impossible to update the flash player which relates to messenger. When i try to download again the adobe flash player indepentently , i find out , as i already know, that it is installed into my system..but it cannot relate to windows live messenger? How can i solve this problem? i would be obliged if i could get an answer..

22. Mä. April 11th, 2008 at 3:35 am 22

    Oleeeee…

    Tengo un super problema. Os cuen. La verdad es q h seguido todos los pasos correctamente para poder quitarme de en medio el InternetExplorer, pero por lo visto lo necesito para poder al menos abrir el Messenger…. El caso es q se m ha muerto el IE y al estar fuera por curro no puedo recurrir a nadie q m lo solucione, así q h intentado por activa o por pasiva q el Messenger se m abra a partir del Firefox. Incluso h cambiado los protocolos de toooodos los archivos de aplicaciones q utilizaban el IE… y nada, sigo sin poder abrir el Mess… No sabréis algún sistema para q pueda hacerlo y, así, pasar del dichoso IE de una vez x todas???
    Gracias mil igual!!

    Mä. x

23. Mä. April 11th, 2008 at 4:04 am 23

    IOANNA! If u want I can send u the FlashPlayer *.exe installer for Mozilla Firefox, but I would need an e-mail adress, wouldn\’t I? If u prefer not to write here the e-mail ad. u use to use, open another provissional account., ok?
    Ciao!!

    Mä.

24. Mä. April 11th, 2008 at 4:13 am 24

    IOANNA! I got already the Flash Player Installer (*.exe) for Mozilla Firefox, but I would need an e-mail address, would’t I?
    If u prefer not to show the e-mail ad. that u use to use, then u can sign up for a temporary address… what do u think?

    Ciao!

    Mä.

25. Claudio April 28th, 2008 at 10:42 am 25

    Evvaaaiii! Ce l\\\\\\\’ho fatta! Grazie Raymond ho seguito tutti i tuoi consigli ed ora sono + che soddisfatto! Grandeee biticoooo!! Claudio, Roma

26. jacksparrow May 4th, 2008 at 10:24 pm 26

    i have firefox set as mi default browser however, when i click on the mail icon in live messanger it uses internet explore to open my mail. i hate IE. help any one?

27. jacksparrow May 5th, 2008 at 7:10 am 27

    thanks raymond. it worked so well i forgot i had a problem. cheers.

28. seele May 10th, 2008 at 6:01 am 28

    thaaaaaaaaaanks, almost gave up on solving this annoying prob… now it opens up with firefox and not that heavy old IE, greeeaat. thanks!

29. ioanna May 25th, 2008 at 11:25 pm 29

    ma, thank you so much dear, this is an on line email address,trikalini@emailmiser.com, the administrator of the page has already my default email address, you can answer me there, it is safe, i will answer you back..but for the moment..i downloaded Stuff plug 3 and it is working super..thanks a lot..as for the flash plugin for the mozilla i already have it..the thing was that it could not integrate with messenger, now everything is ok..thanks a lot..

30. Jay May 27th, 2008 at 10:13 am 30

    some of us use the features of MSN like video calling and scratchpad and file xfer that meebo and trillian do not support or support poorly (esp. if MSN is required for work). In this situation, this workaround ROCKS. Thank you Raymond!

31. joep June 2nd, 2008 at 7:16 am 31

    indeed very annoying that msn doesnt respect firefox
    thank you!!

32. adityaw June 15th, 2008 at 11:29 pm 32

    Thank you!

33. aruna June 26th, 2008 at 10:27 pm 33

    please help me i am in desperate need as i forgot my password and my alternate email also happens to be the same one!!its ramanarundhati@hotmail.com…i havent got a reply after 24 hrs i even saw junk mail. why pls help me

34. Saunders June 29th, 2008 at 6:03 am 34

    Hey, thanks for the tut. MSN Plus doesn\’t seem to be required, however it\’s a great addition to WLM.

35. stevie July 1st, 2008 at 12:43 am 35

    thanks a million mate. been looking for this fix for ages. star you are

36. T3rr0rDr0n3 July 11th, 2008 at 11:19 pm 36

    Well if I may give you guys a tip, MSNPlus is a good way to fully crack open the backroot of your live messenger so it nearly becomes a pass through hatch for virusses and spy/malware. But on-topic now, indeed their is no way to deinstall IE7 from your Vista system, I discovered Pidgin a while ago, because I’m not really into all this smiley/widget crap by microsoft, so I’m using Pidgin as a solution for my IM. Works great as it supports a lot of different IM clients. Hope my help was usefull, Greetz

37. reaper August 2nd, 2008 at 6:24 am 37

    Не согласен с тем что публиковать некорректированный текст после автоматического переводчика хорошо. Как минимум надо давать ссылку на оригинал на видном месте. Иначе – некрассиво.

38. macd0g August 2nd, 2008 at 10:07 am 38

    awesome, opens emails in firefox, so simple when you know how…

39. Filip August 12th, 2008 at 8:22 am 39

    thank you so much, a was nervous so with this thing, and now mozilla is my browser for my mails… thank you very much once again

40. Ian G September 9th, 2008 at 12:09 am 40

    Cheers Raymond – My Internet Explorer has some kind of Adware in it – This fix has allowed me (my wife, actually) to use Firefox direct from Messenger to check emails – Cheers

41. Christine September 10th, 2008 at 12:05 am 41

    This worked flawlessly! Long live Mozilla!

    Thanks, Raymond!

    Christine in MN, USA

42. 人 September 22nd, 2008 at 12:08 pm 42

    謝謝

43. Maria September 26th, 2008 at 8:31 pm 43

    quick and easy was looking for that

44. ripper October 23rd, 2008 at 6:23 pm 44

    hey guys ……help …..me ……plz anyone know the site witch i can get in my hotmail without open the msn messenger plzzzzzz……. hepl……MEEEEE……ty.

45. wireless October 27th, 2008 at 8:25 am 45

    works well much appreciated.

    thanks

46. kc October 29th, 2008 at 4:38 pm 46

    wahahahahahha tq tq tq ~

    ur a great help!

47. AJ November 7th, 2008 at 2:17 pm 47

    Hate IE… thanks a lot…works great!!!

48. lola November 10th, 2008 at 6:06 am 48

    bueno ustees son estupidos

49. Alice November 14th, 2008 at 4:05 am 49

    Ahhh thank you! Hated emails opening in IE when everything else was in FF. Woo! Finally fixed.

    Cheers!

50. alex November 16th, 2008 at 6:00 am 50

    comment peut faire pour pouvoir regarder mes message sens ke sa fasse une rapport d ereur svp?
    REPONDAIR VITE MERCI

51. ju December 5th, 2008 at 2:03 am 51

    tnx for the help, that little “feature” of windows live is bloody annoying. also programs like msn plus and stuffplug might register as viruses with some anti virus programs because they might hook on to windows live in a similar way to some viruses.

52. shawn December 6th, 2008 at 10:39 am 52

    Thanks for this. I have had PLUS forever, but was stumped on this one.

53. Fakri December 6th, 2008 at 11:37 pm 53

    Hi,

    Sorry but i couldn’t find the StuffPlug 3 which u said be found on from menu ….

    Thanks

54. Philip December 10th, 2008 at 4:29 am 54

    TU!

55. pro-noobert December 16th, 2008 at 4:32 am 55

    Thnx alot. it works brilliantly!!

    Gives second thoughts about microsoft though. It’s like if i want to enslave myself to a company i’ll just give into mac with its slick design n stuffs..

56. zax January 4th, 2009 at 5:11 pm 56

    brilliant.

57. meriya January 7th, 2009 at 10:03 am 57

    thanks for this really really helpfully

58. meriya January 7th, 2009 at 10:04 am 58

    i mean lol helpful lmao

59. Everette January 10th, 2009 at 10:12 pm 59

    Firefox is set to my default browser, but I can’t chat with Windows Live Messenger.

    I want IE to stay offline for some reasons

    But How can I get Windows Live Messenger to go through Firefox to connect to the MSN?

60. Andrea Hawk January 16th, 2009 at 7:34 am 60

    thank you! works.

61. Bas February 1st, 2009 at 11:20 pm 61

    Now it opens my Notepad with the redirect.html text…

    So for me it doesn\’t work !!

    Anyone else have this problem?

62. Bas February 1st, 2009 at 11:27 pm 62

    Save a textfile as blabla.html and right-click it to Open With.. Firefox and enable Always.

    This did the trick

63. Dan February 9th, 2009 at 3:17 am 63

    The problem I’m having, is not that Windows Live Messenger WON’T open hotmail in firefox… but it won’t log in to my mailbox automatically…

    It opens hotmail in firefox with no problem, without any of the modifications mentioned above.

    However, it just goes to the login page, and makes me log in manually.

    In IE7, it goes right into my mailbox automatically.

    Any ideas on fixing this? I have firefox 3.0.6.

64. 2 die 4 February 17th, 2009 at 4:30 am 64

    Thx allot mate, this is what I was looking for for a long time now, works like a charm!!!!!

65. Davey B February 18th, 2009 at 1:20 am 65

    Im With you Dan.. What the hell, we must be 2 of about 2 million people with the same problem but i can find nothing on how to fix this…
    I just want to use firefox.
    firefox with stuffplug defaults was great. opened into my mail, no password needed.
    But with WLM 2009 my firefox just sits there everytime wanting me to put in my password again regardless of the unchecked box in the WLM 2009.
    It only does it for Internet Explorer and the author of Stuffplug is not going to waste time on bringing out a new version.
    Up shit creek with out a paddle
    grr

66. Noel February 25th, 2009 at 5:02 am 66

    Works Great! Thanks!!

67. bumble March 4th, 2009 at 9:37 am 67

    i just got WLM 2009….and i actually want it to open up my inbox in IE, even tho firefox is my default, how do i make this happen?. and dan, i also have the login in issue – but im more concerned about having my inbox open in IE instead of my default browser

68. Shaz March 5th, 2009 at 7:59 pm 68

    Thanks tonnes!

    BTW all I did was install stuffplug3 and it fixed the problem automatically (I didn’t need messenger plus!).

69. Sotong March 9th, 2009 at 8:42 am 69

    Installed StuffPlug only. Works great as it is, no further configuration required. Need not install Messenger Plus plug-in.

    Thanks!

70. John March 12th, 2009 at 9:32 pm 70

    I’m with Dan and Davey B TOO. I want to use IE7 because it automatically signs me into my inbox. Firefox does not do this

71. Mike March 25th, 2009 at 6:34 am 71

    The only thing so far that bugs me about Firefox(which I have since yesterday) is the WLM/Hotmail login-issue. But its veeery annoying..
    Kinda silly no? Even a bit stupid imo. Stone-Age like.

72. Brandon April 21st, 2009 at 1:12 am 72

    Thanks Raymond! This worked perfectly, and it takes me directly into my live mailbox without having to sign in. Make shure that in Firefox options all cookies are accepted and the ‘Remember passwords for sites’ option is checked. Firefox should have a popup asking if you want it to remember the password and fill it in automatically. Thats how mine is set up, if that helps at all.

73. Hmm. April 22nd, 2009 at 6:34 pm 73

    You don’t even need MSN Plus! to use StuffPlug. Lol.

74. esra selin May 6th, 2009 at 2:54 pm 74

    ya nolur ya birisi msn ninme gelsinde bunu yapabileyimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

75. Tobson May 10th, 2009 at 4:41 pm 75

    This has allways worked for me (Windows XP SP3):
    (Sorry if windows terms are not entirely correct, I’ve had to translate from Swedish since I use a Swedish Windows).

    Right click the Taskbar and choose Properties. The interface “Properties for the Taskbar and Start Menu” should launch.

    Go to the Start Menu-tab and choose to costumize it. The Costumize the Start Menu interface should launch.

    In the below section of the General-tab you can set what program to show on the Start Menu for Internet and for E-mail.

    I have discovered that the browser I choose here, and only here, is the one that Windows Live Messenger will use to launch e-mail to. Also if I first set Firefox and then grey it out by deselecting the box (like if I don’t want it on the Start Menu at all) WLM still will open e-mail in Firefox. If I then again click the box, change to Internet Explorer, then grey it out by deselecting (still not showing it on the Start Menu) WLM change to open e-mail in IE – so the setting here seem to be the one you are looking for.

    Hope that helps

76. Nicolas May 29th, 2009 at 6:42 am 76

    please help!!!

    I tried as u said, installed msn 2009 and stuffplug but once I open msn, stuffplug says that is impossible to acces to WLM libraries!!!! so Stuffplug doesn´t work

    how do I fix this???thanks!!!

77. Medusa July 22nd, 2009 at 6:46 am 77

    Firefox is my default browser, but I don’t bother cheking my hotmail with IE (for automatically signing in), as long as Firefox is kept as default for everything else…for this, Tobson’s tip worked like a charm! Thank you SO much, Tobson!

78. Kastan August 19th, 2009 at 4:13 am 78

    Thanks Tobson, was annoying me for a few days! Working great, even when you use the Classic start menu.

79. Billy October 7th, 2009 at 3:13 pm 79

    FUCKING WIN! Awesome man, thanks, I’ve been looking for a solution to this for ages! IE can go screw itself.

80. Ado0o0o October 11th, 2009 at 6:42 pm 80

    hi, i installed stuffplug3 but when i click envelope icon its open via frontPage why it doesn’t work
    i use messenger 8.5 and i have messenger plus

81. lq October 27th, 2009 at 2:30 am 81

    omg, thanks Tobson. This was driving me crazy. Works perfect. You saved my sanity!

82. Nangy October 28th, 2009 at 10:51 pm 82

    Worked great! Thanks

83. sony80 November 2nd, 2009 at 10:20 pm 83

    it works !!!!! u r great, be blessed and have a beautiful day.

84. Jack McElwee aka Keiman of Anime December 19th, 2009 at 9:41 am 84

    I get a Fatal Error message from StuffPlug3 and my system Vista 64 bit refuses tio allow its instllation under Firefox or IE8 even. I still can’t access Windows Live, WL Messenger stuff or Hotmail from Firefox and IE8 is a piece of crap to work with dammit! Can anyone come to my aid PLEASE???? PM me if you prefer. My email is

    keiman0@yahoo.com and sign me Desperate and at my rope’s end!- K&K in Brookhaven PA 19015-1903- USA

    No version of Firefox will work and now all I get are bloody crashes! Nobody seems to give a damn about me at all! Aw maybe I’m supposed to starve to death!-K&K