Enable multiple Yahoo! Messenger logins

By Jal Desai | In: internet, tips and tricks | Posted On December 13, 2007

Ever wished to chat on Yahoo messenger with two (or more) ids on the same computer at the same time. Ya, you obviously did, but weren't able to. Here's a small tweak that can enable you to have multiple logins on Yahoo! Messenger. Here's how you do it. However this tweak works only if you have a Yahoo! Messenger version other than version 9.

1. Open the Windows Registry Editor by clicking on Start → Run and typing regedit. Press OK.

2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\Test

3. Go to the right column, right-click on any blank space and choose New DWORD Value

4. Name it to "Plural" as shown in the screenshot below (Click to enlarge).

5. Double click and assign it a decimal value of 1.

6. Close Windows Registry Editor and restart Yahoo! Messenger. Double-clicking on Yahoo! Messenger icon many times will give you as many Yahoo! Messenger login windows. (see screenshot below; click to enlarge).