Windows messenger 4.7 does not start

[Joop Gijsbers]

I installed today windows messenger 4.7 , but it does not start. When
i try to start it, in the eventlog this message appears:

Event Type: Information
Event Source: (MSN/Windows) Messenger Service
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4
Date: 9-12-2003
Time: 23:20:52
User: N/A
Computer: INSPIRON
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 4 ) in Source ( (MSN/Windows) Messenger
Service ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the
necessary registry information or message DLL files to display
messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the
/AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support
for details. The following information is part of the event: .

In the past i removed windows messenger (older version) with:

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection
%windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Now i removed several times windows messenger and reboot, and did a
new installation, but that did not help.

OS is Windows XP Professional , servicepack 1.

Joop

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

Try downloading and running these .reg files:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/enablewindowsmessenger_user.reg
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/enablemessenger.reg
After this, reboot and see if you can load Windows Messenger.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[Joop Gijsbers]

Thanks, i found already this solution in a earlier post (also a post
of you) and it works.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

Glad to hear it =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com