Microsoft Messenger only bounces sometimes

Hello
I have some problems with my Microsoft Messenger. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. My preferences are set to make the icon jump every time I receive a new message, but it only seems to work sometimes.
One day it may work the whole day, and others day it won't work at all. I know this seems like an odd problem, but I would be really glad if it could be fixed
Kind regards
VOS

I've done that now, didn't seem to help
Any other suggestions?

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