Messenger keeps opening up in Outlook Express

S

Sherry

I let my daughter play at my computer (not on a network)
at work. She went on her MSN Messenger. Now everytime I
open OE it opens her Windows Messenger and I have to log
off it everytime. All her contacts pop up in my address
book too. I've tried going into OE tools, options, and
making sure its not checked to open messenger when
logging on. Can anyone tell me what to do to stop this?
 
T

TonyS

Sherry wrote:
: I let my daughter play at my computer (not on a network)
: at work. She went on her MSN Messenger. Now everytime I
: open OE it opens her Windows Messenger and I have to log
: off it everytime. All her contacts pop up in my address
: book too. I've tried going into OE tools, options, and
: making sure its not checked to open messenger when
: logging on. Can anyone tell me what to do to stop this?

Open OE and go to Tools>Options>GeneralTab>uncheck the box
"Automatically Log on to Windows Messenger"
TonyS
 
J

Jonathan Kay [MVP]

Greetings Sherry,

To stop this behavior, close Outlook Express, then download and run the following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/stopmessenger_oe.reg
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
 
S

Sherry

-----Original Message-----
Sherry wrote:
: I let my daughter play at my computer (not on a network)
: at work. She went on her MSN Messenger. Now everytime I
: open OE it opens her Windows Messenger and I have to log
: off it everytime. All her contacts pop up in my address
: book too. I've tried going into OE tools, options, and
: making sure its not checked to open messenger when
: logging on. Can anyone tell me what to do to stop this?

Open OE and go to Tools>Options>GeneralTab>uncheck the box
"Automatically Log on to Windows Messenger"
TonyS

Thanks Tony ... but I've already tried that over and
over again. Still keeps coming back.
 
T

TonyS

Sherry wrote:
:: -----Original Message-----
:: Sherry wrote:
::: I let my daughter play at my computer (not on a network)
::: at work. She went on her MSN Messenger. Now everytime I
::: open OE it opens her Windows Messenger and I have to log
::: off it everytime. All her contacts pop up in my address
::: book too. I've tried going into OE tools, options, and
::: making sure its not checked to open messenger when
::: logging on. Can anyone tell me what to do to stop this?
::
:: Open OE and go to Tools>Options>GeneralTab>uncheck the box
:: "Automatically Log on to Windows Messenger"
:: TonyS
::
:: Thanks Tony ... but I've already tried that over and
: over again. Still keeps coming back.
:: .
Sorry. On re-read it looks like you don't care to have the program at
all. (thought you shared computer). Removing MSN Messenger may be the
best plan.
TonyS
 

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