Install two different Windows Live Messenger on same computer

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Introduction

You do not want to abandon your old version of Windows Live Messenger but you still want to test the new version?
We have the solution, here's how to install two versions of Messenger.

Summary

1 - Install two different versions of Windows Live Messenger


Install two different versions of Windows Live Messenger


First, download both versions of Windows Live Messenger wanted:

Windows Live Messsenger 8.5

Windows Live Messenger 9.0 final beta

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Attention: all these steps are done in the right order!

1. Start by installing Windows Live Messenger 8.5: Install Windows Live Messenger 8.5.
   
2. Once installed correctly, create a file "Windows Live Messenger 8.5" in your documents then go to this location "C: \ Program Files \ Windows Live", and copy the folder "Messenger."
   
   
3. Go paste the contents into the new folder you created earlier documents "Windows Live Messenger 8.5.
   
4. Then this time they install Windows Live Messenger 9.0 beta Final: Install Windows Live Messenger 9.0:
   
5. So, you installed two versions of various Windows Live Messenger on your computer.
   
6. To use Windows Live Messenger 9.0 do as usual: double-click the Windows Live Messenger icon on your desktop.
   
7. To use Windows Live Messenger 8.5, go to your documments, open the folder "Windows Live Messenger 8.5" and double click the icon "msnmsgr.exe".

This solution allows you to connect with Windows Live Messenger 2 different but can not launch them both.

Make sure to properly close a completely before starting the second.