Wednesday, February 04, 2009

How to disable autorunning SameTime in IBM Lotus Notes 8.5

After I installed LN 8.5 each time when I run LN8.5 the sametime run also. I don't like this because I don't use it. So if you want to disable it you should add/change variable in notes.ini
IM_DISABLED=1
IM_DISABLE=1
IM_SHOW_STATUS=1
com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.application/useSystemTray=false
Please notice 2 variations of IM_DISABLED / IM_DISABLE, it depends of version of LN you have, so if one does not work for you, try another setting.

22 comments :

Anonymous said...

Instead of going thru all of that

IM_DISABLE=1

should work for you.

More info here - http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21289437

HTH,
Tim E. Brown

Dmytro said...

I know but it did not switch off IM on my PC. I use 8.5

Dmytro said...

from your url

Presently, this parameter will not control the appearance of the Sametime icon within the OS System Tray. An additional SPR has been generated for that review.

Anonymous said...

use

IM_SHOW_STATUS=0 also.

Anonymous said...

did all that, didnt help me much though, the IM_Disable=0 only just hide the client\plugin, NOT disabeling it at all :(

carlitox said...

Thanks using all of them I could resolve the issue in my client Lotus Notes 8.

IM_DISABLE=1
IM_SHOW_STATUS=0

Anonymous said...

Try this one:

http://www.post1.net/lowem/entry/how_to_disable_remove_lotus_notes_client_8_5_sametime_icon_from_the_system_tray

Unknown said...

The step in the below link works great:

http://www.post1.net/lowem/entry/how_to_disable_remove_lotus_notes_client_8_5_sametime_icon_from_the_system_tray

very easy and simple to follow.

Thank u!!!!

FrozenFoxy said...

Really helpful tips on this page! Thanks a bunch.

Anonymous said...

Don't forget the >>>D<<< (past tense)


IM_DISABLED=1

Dmytro said...

thanks! just updated post

Saurabh Gupta said...

place following line in

"com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.application/useSystemTray=false"
(withou the quote) in ini file

C:\notes\framework\rcp\plugin_customization.ini

Anonymous said...

Thanks Sri, the info here worked great!

http://www.post1.net/lowem/entry/how_to_disable_remove_lotus_notes_client_8_5_sametime_icon_from_the_system_tray

Anonymous said...

this worked for me as well on RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.2 with Notes version 8.5.1

I changed /home//lotus/notes/data/notes.ini

removed the original IM_SHOW_STATUS=1
and appended
IM_DISABLE=1
IM_SHOW_STATUS=1
com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.application/useSystemTray=false

to the file, after restart no more embedded sametime, and notes uses around 40 MB res memory less.

Do not mess around with removing the plugins inside the eclipse settings of notes, it takes forever to disable all sametime related stuff and it has many pitfalls that potentially will mess up your notes.

Now i can finally use the seperate Lotus Sametime client without having the embedded one gets in my way.

Also, i highly recommend increasing the max heap amount (vmarg.Xmx=-Xmx1024m) in the file /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/framework/rcp/deploy/jvm.properties

It greatly increases the responsiveness on machines with enough physical memory,

Philozopher said...

Disabling Sametime results in the Sametime Meetings client running meetings in the "browser client" rather than within Notes unless you use the embedded browser. Depending on how you are setup, this could result in not being able to share your screen in Sametime Meetings.

Deekman said...

I know this is an old post but I found it when trying to solve an issue on our mac clients: you need to update this post so it says IM_DISABLED=1. The word is disabled, not disable. The D is very important!

Dmytro said...

thanks Deekman, updated!

Anonymous said...

It seems like for IBM Lotus Notes 8.5
Release 8.5.2FP3
Revision 20110711.1400-FP3 (Release 8.5.2FP3)
Standard Configuration

It should not have the "D" so it should be
IM_DISABLE=1

Dmytro said...

Thanks, so it could go both ways with/without D depends of version. post has been udpated.

Anonymous said...

Thank you.
IM_DISABLE=1 worked for me. Notes 8.5.

Anonymous said...

IM_DISABLED=1 in user profile directory worked in my case
Notes 8.5.

Stephan B. said...

Thanks so much, IM_DISABLED=1 worked for me!