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I just found out this cool tip on how to have multiple instances of Yahoo Messenger opened on the same PC. I tested it on my Windows XP and it works! You can have multiple instances opened with different user accounts (one for office and one for personal use).

Without this trick, if you already have YM open and try to open it again, it will not. Instead, it will just focus on your current instance of YM.

All you have to do to fix this behavior is add a little key in the Windows Registry, and you're set!

Open up registry editor (press the Windows Start button-> Run -> regedit). Go to (in the left tree):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Yahoo->Pager->Test. In the right panel, right click and select New->DWORD value. Enter plural as the name of the value, then double click and set it's value to 1:



That's all! You don't even need to restart your computer. Now, when you open Yahoo the second time, it will open a new instance that you can use to login as a totally different user on the same machine!

Happy chatting!

PS: You can do a similar trick for MSN, but you need to use a tool for this purpose: MSN Polygamy 8.1