Can't Delete MSN nor MSN Gaming Zone

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In Control Panel " Add or Delete Programs," they don't show up,
but in the directory

C:\Programs Files

are the folders

MSN and MSN Gaming Zone.

Every time I delete them, they show up again.
They're like relatives. How can I delete them
permanently?

 

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Remove un-wanted programs in XP
http://www.mvps.org/ecvogel/kb/XP_remove_progs.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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"A. Smith" wrote:

| In Control Panel " Add or Delete Programs," they don't show up,
| but in the directory
|
| C:\Programs Files
|
| are the folders
|
| MSN and MSN Gaming Zone.
|
| Every time I delete them, they show up again.
| They're like relatives. How can I delete them
| permanently?

 

[Guest]

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A. Smith wrote:
> In Control Panel " Add or Delete Programs," they don't show up,
> but in the directory
>
> C:\Programs Files
>
> are the folders
>
> MSN and MSN Gaming Zone.
>
> Every time I delete them, they show up again.
> They're like relatives. How can I delete them
> permanently?

You can't, so quit trying.

 

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Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
> Remove un-wanted programs in XP
> http://www.mvps.org/ecvogel/kb/XP_remove_progs.htm
>
The only lines with HIDE are

WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7
com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7
dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7
TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2
CommApps=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,communic.inf,HIDE,7
MultiM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,multimed.inf,HIDE,7
AccessOpt=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,optional.inf,HIDE,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7
MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7
Starter=StartOC.dll,StarterOCSetupProc,StartOC.inf,HIDE,7

Which one is it?

 

[frodo]

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A. Smith <ecarecar@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In Control Panel " Add or Delete Programs," they don't show up,
> but in the directory
> C:\Programs Files
> are the folders
> MSN and MSN Gaming Zone.

MSN Explorer SHOULD show up under the "Add/Remove Windows Components"
section of Add/Remove, click that icon in the left pane then uncheck MSN
Explorer.

I'm assuming you do not have "regular" MSN installed, just the MSN stuff
that came bundled w/ XP.

 

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frodo@theshire.org wrote:
> A. Smith <ecarecar@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>In Control Panel " Add or Delete Programs," they don't show up,
>>but in the directory
>>C:\Programs Files
>>are the folders
>>MSN and MSN Gaming Zone.
>
>
> MSN Explorer SHOULD show up under the "Add/Remove Windows Components"
> section of Add/Remove, click that icon in the left pane then uncheck MSN
> Explorer.
>
> I'm assuming you do not have "regular" MSN installed, just the MSN stuff
> that came bundled w/ XP.

I'd like to delete everything in the MSN directory as shown below.

"C:\Program Files\MSN\