Too (Two) Many Messengers Installed

[Dale]

I was prompted to install MSN Messenger yesterday and did.
Now I have Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger both trying
to signal me when I log on and I have two icons on the
task bar. I tried to removeMSN Messenger but it has no
entry in Add/Remove Programs.
(XPHome, Hotmail member but not MSN supscriber)

 

[Joel Estes]

Click on the Windows Messenger and then click the Tools/Preferences and un
check the sign in.

Joel

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Dale,

You can remove Windows Messenger, but if you do, you will be preventing Remote Assistance,
Whiteboard, Application Sharing and any other applications that utilize Messenger from
working (or loading without problems). You can just disable Windows Messenger by opening it
up, click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and unchecking 'Run this Program when Windows
starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on version). As well, you
can disable it further by going to Start, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, Add/Remove
Windows Components on the left, uncheck Windows Messenger in the components list and click
Next >. Note: this is only available if you've installed Windows XP Service Pack 1 -- if you
haven't, visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. This won't remove Windows Messenger, but
it will let it stay out of your way

Besides the drawbacks above however, if you really want to remove it completely, for Windows
Messenger 4.7, close 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

For Windows Messenger 5, close 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):
msiexec.exe /x {ABEB838C-A1A7-4C5D-B7E1-8B4314B10138}
and then click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[Dale]

Responders please read carefully my original posting: I
NOW HAVE 4.7 AND 6.1 installed. 4.7 does not appear on my
list of programs that can be removed. 6.1 does. Both
programs are fighting each other. Each time I log on I get
the message that I have signed on with another computer
after with 4.7 and then I get signed on with 6.1.

-----Original Message-----
Greetings Dale,

You can remove Windows Messenger, but if you do, you will

be preventing Remote Assistance,

Whiteboard, Application Sharing and any other

applications that utilize Messenger from

working (or loading without problems). You can just

disable Windows Messenger by opening it

up, click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and

unchecking 'Run this Program when Windows

starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts'

(depending on version). As well, you

can disable it further by going to Start, Control Panel,

Add or Remove Programs, Add/Remove

Windows Components on the left, uncheck Windows Messenger

in the components list and click

Next >. Note: this is only available if you've installed

Windows XP Service Pack 1 -- if you

haven't, visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. This

won't remove Windows Messenger, but

it will let it stay out of your way

Besides the drawbacks above however, if you really want

to remove it completely, for Windows

Messenger 4.7, close 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

For Windows Messenger 5, close 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

 

[Dale]

I solved the problem by a system revert to the checkpoint
just before MS Messenger 6.1 was installed. 4.7 continues
to work normally.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Dale,

Thanks for the feedback.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[Guest]

Sounds like a strange solution though. Is there a "normal" way to reconcile this? One thing I was going to try is to uninstall msn messenger and then reinstall it.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Mark,

That won't do anything, you'll be left with what you have now.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

Sounds like a strange solution though. Is there a "normal" way to reconcile this? One

thing I was going to try is to uninstall msn messenger and then reinstall it.