Messenger will not start

[woyler]

Hi All,
I am having an issue starting windows messenger. Regardless if I start
it from a sortcut or run it from the .exe, I get a brief hour glass,
then nothing. I do see it pop up in task manager for a second, then it
disappears. It is not blocked by my firewall or virus scan. I have
tried an uninstall, reinstall as well. I am running XP Pro SP2 and
messenger 5.1. Any direction would be helpful.
regards,
Bill

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

Download and run both of these .reg files:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/enablewindowsmessenger_user.reg
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/enablemessenger.reg

You'll need to reboot to see the change.
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