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IM

IM specifies the default instant messenger application. This must be the application’s canonical name.

This setting has no effect on Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008.

Values

im_application

Specifies the instant messenger application. im_application is a string with a maximum length of 259 characters. This must be the application’s canonical name.

For more information on canonical names, see this MSDN Web site.

This string type does not support empty elements. Do not create an empty value for this setting.

Valid Passes

auditUser

oobeSystem

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | ClientApplications | IM

Applies To

For the list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.

This setting is available to OEMs and system builders.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to set client applications.

<ClientApplications>
   <IM>IMCanonical</IM>
   <Internet>BrowserCanonical</Internet>
   <JavaVM>JavaVMCanonical</JavaVM>
   <Mail>MailCanonical</Mail>
   <Media>MediaCanonical</Media>
</ClientApplications>

See Also

Concepts

ClientApplications