Stop Messenger 4.6 coming back.

[R.J. Zweerus]

Hello Everyone,

I have removed Messenger 4.6 from my computer.
But it is reïnstalling itself after I have used MSN Messenger 6.1 .
Does anyone perhaps know how I can stop this?

Sorry for my English and thanks,
Rob

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Rob,

There really is no way for it to "reinstall" itself, unless you haven't fully removed it.
You can fully remove it from doing this method -- 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

Also, keep in mind that Messenger has been on WindowsUpdates before, so you may also be
"reinstalling" it from there.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[R.J. Zweerus]

Thanks Jonathan, I will try this methode and hope it works.