Allow Windows Messenger to Run in the Background

[JD]

Among the preferences for Windows Messenger is to Automatically Log on When
Windows Opens. I have unchecked this.
Another is Allow Windows Messenger to Run in the Background. This is checked
by default.
I'm curious as to what, exactly, this means. What happens if I uncheck it?
Does WM shut down when another application is opened?

 

[Fred Nava [MSFT]]

Hi JD,

I'm sure that setting, when checked, means that if you have the main
messenger window opened and decide to close it, the application will
continue to run with a small messenger icon in the Notification Tray. If
the box was unchecked, when you close the main messenger window, you would
be terminating program execution.

Hope this helps.

 

[JD]

Thanks, Fred. I have observed that when I close the WM window an icon
remains in the notification area. Then it has to be exited to close it
completely.