I do not want Messenger in my tray at startup. I don't
want it to automatically run at boot-up. I have tried a
couple of the methods here to stop this including editing
the registry(it's incredible to me that Microsoft makes
you edit the registry to stop one of it's programs) but
doing this did not stop it. Any thoughts? This is very
annoying and is taking up space in my icon tray.

Greetings Duke,

To disable Windows Messenger, open it up (click Start, then Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK),
click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this Program when Windows starts' or
'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on version) as well as 'Allow this
program to run in the background' or 'Allow Windows Messenger to run in the background'
(depending on version).

Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent versions of Norton Antivirus added a
new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can conflict with Messenger and cause it to
also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus
icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),
click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.

Finally, you can simply remove Windows Messenger (4.7) but if you do, you will be preventing
Remote Assistance, Whiteboard, and Application Sharing from working. However, assuming you
don't use this functionality that would be disabled by removing
Messenger, you can simply remove it by closing down Messenger if it's running (right click
the messenger icon in the notification area/system tray and click close). Then click the
start button, then click Run and type in (copy-paste if you like):
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Then click OK.
Messenger will then be uninstalled. For more detailed instructions and screenshots, go to,
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Duke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:a38c01c435ac$3fc21eb0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I do not want Messenger in my tray at startup. I don't
> want it to automatically run at boot-up. I have tried a
> couple of the methods here to stop this including editing
> the registry(it's incredible to me that Microsoft makes
> you edit the registry to stop one of it's programs) but
> doing this did not stop it. Any thoughts? This is very
> annoying and is taking up space in my icon tray.