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Mavicator   01-15-2003 at 09:09:28 AM

I noticed SP1 has included the option to remove MS Messenger from the list of Windows components. I did this instead of doing it manually like I used to. It uninstalled according to Windows, but it's still there and runs every time I open Outlook Express. WTF? Now how do I get rid of it?

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nja469   01-15-2003 at 06:22:17 PM
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Click start menu, chose RUN

-- in the run prompt paste this command line and hit enter

<b>RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove</b>

XP may display an error, hit OK and ignore it. Upon restart Windows messenger should be gone. Note: This doesn't affect msn messenger.

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ciuly   01-15-2003 at 09:37:48 PM
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Thanks alot for the tip nja469. The msn messenger was bugging me for quite a while.

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Mavicator   01-16-2003 at 03:42:51 AM
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Are we talking about the IM program or Messenger Service? I want the IM gone!

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nja469   01-17-2003 at 06:44:17 AM
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yea the IM service called "Windows Messenger" in XP. Which was basically a redone version of MSN Messenger 4.x. I've upgraded to MSN messenger 5, much better and somehow less annoying..

anyhow, the tip I gave above will remove windows messenger for good, I had meant that if you installed msn messenger seperately that the remove trick wouldn't affect it.

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