Hi Rachel, I use Windows messenger because I'm running Windows-XP here but I assume that it will be the same, go into the tools menu under options and under the preferences tab make sure run in the background is unchecked. This will allow you to close the program by just hitting alt-F4. When I was on the preferences tab I had to tab twice to the right option, that may or may not be the same for you. Smile. Hth. Troy ----- Original Message ----- From: Rachel To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:25 PM Subject: MSNQuestion Hi listers, I really like MSN 7.5, but I am having an issue with it, and here is my problem. After I close MSN, it continues to sit in my system tray. I have already enable the option for MSN not to start when Windows starts. How do I get rid of the nuisance out of my system tray? Rachel