How to remove Windows Messneger

[Guest]

I'm a happy user of MSN Messenger, but I've got a rogue copy of Windows
Messenger out there that is making me crazy. Windows Messenger does not show
up in the Add/Remove programs. So this left me to remove it manually. I
deleted it from the Start menu. Then I went to the Messnger directory &
deleted everything in it, but the msmsgs.exe won't let me delete it. I tried
to rename the Messenger directory & application, but it's not having it. I
keep getting an error that the application is in use, but I know it's not.
The part that is driving me crazy is, Windows Messenger picks up all IM's to
me from other's before I've had a chance to boot MSN Messenger & I always get
the error that my current Messenger can't support specific functions & when I
haven't logged in yet, the older version takes IM precedence. Thanks for your
ideas.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

Windows Messenger can be removed by clicking 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

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

 

[mikesmith]

Hey Jonathon

i ran that script you said to type in run..
and it removed what ever it does..
i know it did..
because it had a box pop up and files were moving..
heres where i want to ask a few question..

i figured i should restart my computer after running that comand..
because its a good pratice to restart your computer
after removing a program
or adding a program..
even if it don't give that option or tell you to do a restart..

well when i restarted..
i didnt have Msmsgs starting up..
thats a good thing!!..
i looked in Msconfig...
Msmsgs was gone..
THANK GOD!!
but when i did a search for files and folders..
and i did a wild card search (*)
msmsgs*
i got alot of files..
18 total..
i want Msmsgs..messanger OFF!!! my computer totally!
i dont want one little drop of it left on my computer..
i think it's kinda BullSh##..that microsoft didn't have where it could be
removed in ADD and Remove programs..
same with OutLook Express..thats another story for another time..
anyways...
when i ran that little script in the Run box..
should i have run it with RESTORE dissabled?..

why i ask, you say..
because wont it still be on my computer if i ever use a restore point
that was prior....to when i did your little uninstall??
and my next question is...
can i just delete all the things that came up under a wild card search?
and what about the things left behind that were in Blue letters in the
search..

i guess the Blue means its in the restore stuff..
yeah...i want every little last thing that has anything to do with.
Msmsgs messanger off my computer...
even stuff in the registery...
....so i guess my question is...
will i mess up anything deleting all the stuff that came up
during my wild card search...
and how can i get the stuff out of my restore files..
and is there anything else i should delete also...
i think i aksed that right...