Disable/prevent chat when session unconnected

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Currently there is a trigger that sends an email when guest sends message to unconnected session. This annoys our customers that there is even a chat option that does not go anywhere when a session is not connected. They don't understand this. Even though we keep telling them we have a chat option under the LabTech agent icon they choose the first "chat" they find. PLEASE add a configuration flag/option to disable chat screen when session unconnected. I know we can hide the system tray icon--however that prevents other features we do use/need.

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Expand chat functionality from Host side

Partner is requesting a way to notify the Guest side automatically when a chat has concluded, and has a couple of suggestions: 1) he would like the ability to close the chat box on the Guest side from the Host page via a button or something similar 2) He would like the chat box to automatically notify the guest side when he connects/disconnects from a session

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configure it to only pop up an icon in the tray during an active remote control session.

Add ability to show Tray icon only when a connection is established

Our desire is to have the Tray icon only visible when a Support Session or an Unattended Session is active. While the ScreenConnect client is idle we would like the icon to be hidden.

I would like for the chat window to automatically close whenever you as the host exit the session
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When you disconnect from an Automate session (ConnectWise Control) the Control window should automatically close so that clients / end-users can not send messages and think you are receiving them.

Block Chat when host is disconnected

We've recently had an issue where end users will submit chat messages through ConnectWise Control expecting a reply, which we would never notice. We currently have the Auto-reply when host is disconnected extension enabled, but it doesn't seem to fully stop this from happening. 


Our best thought of solution would be to disable the chat completely while the Host is disconnected, which will force the end-users to email our helpdesk instead. Is this possible or can it be implemented in a future update?

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Avinash

We get complaints from our clients too. Even though we try to tell our techs to close the chat if they can, they still miss it. I think this would be a good fit:

- Disable the chat if no one is connect. When someone is connect, enable the chat.

- If the client right clicks on the icon and selects open, it allows then to send an e-mail to ConnectWise aka open a ticket. Include the workstation name, current user log in. It would be a nice feature.

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Levi Millington

We've installed and configured the "Auto Respond to Message" extension. When the end user sends a message to a disconnected chat session, they immediately get an automated response indicating that the technician has disconnected, and to forward any additional requests to our help desk email address. It has been working great for us.

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anonymous
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Peter OTools

You've read my mind with this post. I'm in !! Now in our upgrade to v6.3 shows up a red dot in every group, and I was like 'what is that, a sniper red dot?' until I figured it out that user keep chating that way after IT left the connection. And even if you explained 1 user, still +1000 to go, and worst: they forget so easily. So, no use for us. We use Company's chat software permanently. xD

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anonymous
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This is exactly what our company needs too! We have phone lines and an online portal with 24/7 chat, but we can't get notifications when clients try to message us through ScreenConnect which is causing some understandable frustrations. We really need an option to disable chat entirely if there is not an active remote session in progress.

Hi David,
You can disable chat by unchecking Messages under SupportAccessGuestControlPanelIDs bitmask settings. You can find this in the app.config editor extension. 

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anonymous
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Brassa

So 2 years have gone by and no comments other than "Under Review"? We have 1000+ installs and once users know there is a chat option even when disconnected, we get hammered with questions and comments. Chat available only when connected should be a must....

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Bernhard

We Need it too, please implement this nesessary feature

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James N
This feature request has been open too long without action. The suggest to use the "Auto Respond to Message" extension goes some way to helping with this; unfortunately the extension only responds to the the user once, instead of each time a user tries to communicate via chat with no host connected.

If implementing this feature request is too difficult, please fix the extension to respond each time (and include an option to toggle email notifications on/off)
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Bernhard
Indeed, please implement this feature or expand the Extension.


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