Windows XP: Windows MSN
Windows MSN
by tholmes - 3/22/05 11:30 AMI am using Win XP Home Edition and I can not stand the MSN Windows Messenger, that is always there, how do I get rid of it once and for all? I have looked under install/uninstall programs but it is not there, where is it hiding? Thanks
It's not easy...
by glenn30 - 3/22/05 12:18 PM In reply to: Windows MSN by tholmesIt is a part of Windows XP with no removal method evidenced. I have disabled it by simply renaming the "messenger" folder under Program Files to "messenger {disabled}". The renaming will not allow it to start. To undo simply reverse the change.
Hope this helps.
Glenn
Just another quick Question
by tholmes - 3/22/05 4:05 PM In reply to: It's not easy... by glenn30Sorry, how do I find the file? Thanks 
Go here...
by glenn30 - 3/22/05 4:53 PM In reply to: Just another quick Question by tholmesUsing "Windows Explorer" under C:\ click on Program Files and locate the folder "messenger". Rename that folder as I previously explained.
Remove it from Windows Components....
by Papa Echo - 3/22/05 5:46 PM In reply to: Windows MSN by tholmes....at Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs. Is that the one ?
Windows MSN
by GhostAlph - 3/23/05 5:46 AM In reply to: Windows MSN by tholmesYou'll want to go into the Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, and then click on "Add/Remove Windows Components" on the left-hand side. You'll be presented with a list. Scroll to the bottom to find "Windows Messenger" and uncheck it to uninstall it.
Thank you
by tholmes - 3/23/05 6:51 AM In reply to: Windows MSN by GhostAlphThat worked, thanks! I couldn't stand that program!! I looked there before but I didnt see it as an option, nmust have missed it
You're welcome
by GhostAlph - 3/23/05 7:04 AM In reply to: Thank you by tholmesHey, no problem. I know how annoying that thing can be. 
Heh, yeah. And the strange thing is that MSN Messenger (which you download and install) is actually different from Windows Messenger (which is what comes >with< Windows XP), so you can indeed have both. In that case, MSN Messenger will show in the Add/Remove Programs section whereas Windows Messenger is in that Add/Remove Windows Components section, and that's why it can be hard to miss. And you know, I don't think the option to remove it was implimented [sp] until SP1 was released, though I don't know that for sure. I know you couldn't "uninstall" IE until after SP1 came out...and if I remember right you could do the same with that Windows Messenger.
Regards,
GhostAlpha
Re: GhostAlpha FYI
by rogerthai - 3/23/05 9:24 AM In reply to: You're welcome by GhostAlphYou can just delete the MSN Explorer file and the Messenger file in Programs. Both Programs ( MSN Explorer and Messenger ) are not very usable. Both Programs require extensive updates and they still do not function very well. I have XP Home and every time I reinstall my Windows O.S. one of the first things that I do is to delete these 2 worthless Program Files. I do not have SP 1 or SP 2 installed. I created my own security programs to protect my Windows XP from unauthorized tampering and accessing.
try this
by jamieschildroth - 5/20/05 10:38 AM In reply to: Windows MSN by tholmesRunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
this goes and actually uninstalls Windows Messenger. The other replys merely just remove access to it in windows. Just copy the above command into the run and it'll uninstall and be gone forever
Re: Try This
by tholmes - 5/20/05 4:13 PM In reply to: try this by jamieschildrothThanks, I tried it and it seems to have worked, I of course created a restore point first just in case something goes wrong...Thanks for the advice..
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