How to remove the effects of Messenger

[Bill Starbuck]

After I ran gpedit and supposedly disabled Messenger, Outlook Express
started to load VERY slowly. I recall that there is a fix for this but
I haven't been able to locate the instructions for how to fix it. Can
someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks


Bill Starbuck (MVP)

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Bill,

Just close Outlook Express, then download and run this .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/stopmessenger_oe.reg

Outlook Express will now start at full speed.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[Bill Starbuck]

Just close Outlook Express, then download and run this .reg file:

http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/stopmessenger_oe.reg

Thanks much for you solution, which I think worked. I also received
another response that I applied as well because I recall that it
worked when I "solved" this problem several months ago. Here is the
other approach:

"If you disable Messenger, OE takes forever to load if you have the
Contacts pane enabled. Go to: Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this
key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express Add a New,
DWord value called Hide Messenger and set the value to 2."

It came from "woody" on the annoyances.org site.


Bill Starbuck (MVP)

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Bill,

It's the same thing, that's all the .reg file does.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[Bill Starbuck]

It's the same thing, that's all the .reg file does.

It must do it a different way. I ran your .reg process before I saw
Woody's message. Then after I saw his message, I ran regedit and
looked at the keys. I found DWords for "Disable Hotmail" and "HTTP
Mail Enabled" but none for "Hide Messenger". Following Woody's
instructions, I added a DWord for "Hide Messenger".

Bill

Bill Starbuck (MVP)

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Bill,

Open up the .reg file in Notepad if you don't believe me =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[Bill Starbuck]

Open up the .reg file in Notepad if you don't believe me =).

So now I have a real mystery: Why didn't I see that entry when I ran
regedit?

Bill

Bill Starbuck (MVP)

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Bill,

I think I know -- the stopmessenger_oe.reg is set for a per user setting (HKEY_CURRENT_USER),
whereas you were looking in the global ones (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE) -- both work of course.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[Bill Starbuck]

You are right on!

Bill

Bill Starbuck (MVP)

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Bill,

=)
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com