Please help to remove Messenger

[Jim O'Daniel]

I see several posts on people having problems removing
Messinger. I do not see any answers. Please will
someone post this. Seems that Microsoft would fix this
as it appears to be a universal problem. Thanks for any
help.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Jim,

It really all depends what version of Messenger you want to remove.

If you want to remove Windows Messenger 4.7, you can, but if you do, you will be preventing
Remote Assistance, Whiteboard, and Application Sharing from working. However, if you don't
use this functionality that would be disabled by removing Messenger,
you can simply remove it by closing 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

If you want to remove Windows Messenger 5, again you can, but if you do, you will be
preventing Remote Assistance, Whiteboard, and Application Sharing from working. To do so,
click Start, then Run, and type the following:
msiexec /x {1F0BD960-6525-4FEE-B577-2473F77F1277}
then click OK.

If you want to remove MSN Messenger, simply click Start, then Control Panel, then Add or
Remove Programs, then click MSN Messenger and then click the Remove button.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
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[J]

YOU SHOULD NOT BE REMOVING WINDOWS MESSENGER BECAUSE IT
IS PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM AND IS REQUIRED TO RUN
CERTAIN PROGRAMS. If you want to delete it though you
have to go into your control panel. It will be under "ADD
OR REMOVE PROGRAMS" and then click "ADD OR REMOVE WINDOWS
COMPONENTS". Then just click on messenger and it will
delete it. I DON"T RECCOMMEND YOU DELETE IT.

J