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Games won't load in Yahoo! Messenger

ID: SLN239
Refers to: Messenger 11.5 , Messenger 11 , Messenger 10 and earlier , Messenger 9 , Messenger 8 , Messenger for Mac

Description

This article describes how to enable Java, which is the primary cause of the games plug-in not working in Yahoo! Messenger.


Resolution

To enable JAVA in Internet Explorer:

  1. Select Tools.
  2. Select Internet Options.
  3. Click the Security tab. For the Internet zone, be sure that the Security level is set to Medium or below.
  4. If you've chosen to customize your security settings for the Internet zone, if there's a Java heading, make sure Java permissions are enabled.
  5. Under the Scripting heading, set Scripting of Java Applets to Enable or Prompt.
  6. Click the Advanced tab.
  7. Scroll down until you see the subheading Java, Java VM, or Microsoft VM.
  8. If Java logging enabled and Java console enabled options are there, select them so they have check marks.
  9. If the only option is Use JRE # for applet (requires restart) or something similar, select it.
  10. Click Apply.
  11. Click OK.

Note: You have the option to download Sun's Java plug-in, which you can get here.
 



Last updated: April 19, 2012
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