How to make Windows Live Messenger changes my status to Away when running a full-screen program?

Posted by Moayad Mardini on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Moayad Mardini
Published on 2009-11-10T20:09:40Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 12:04 UTC
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I've found a setting to do the following:

Show me as "Busy" and block my alerts when I'm running a full-screen program or presentation settings are turned on

I want exactly the same feature, but I want to be shown as "Away", rather than "Busy". Is this possible?

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