Jonathan Kay [MVP]
March 25th 03, 09:18 PM
Hi Rob,
As a workaround, you can just add Messenger to your Startup group. To do so, click the Start
Menu, point to All Programs, right-click and Startup group and choose Open. Then choose the
File menu, then New, and then Shortcut.
In the location field, enter:
"%programfiles%\messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
(exactly as shown above) then click Next, and then Finish.
Your reinstall of Messenger should've corrected any problem with automatically logging in
however.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
"Rob" > wrote in message ...
> Hello Jonathan, I did what you said and uninstalled
> messenger and then reinstalled it, but I still have the
> same problem.
>
> ROb
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Rob,
> >
> >A full reinstall of Windows Messenger will probably solve
> both problems. To do so, close
> >down Messenger (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
> >
> >Reboot, click "Yes" to remove your preferences, then
As a workaround, you can just add Messenger to your Startup group. To do so, click the Start
Menu, point to All Programs, right-click and Startup group and choose Open. Then choose the
File menu, then New, and then Shortcut.
In the location field, enter:
"%programfiles%\messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
(exactly as shown above) then click Next, and then Finish.
Your reinstall of Messenger should've corrected any problem with automatically logging in
however.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
"Rob" > wrote in message ...
> Hello Jonathan, I did what you said and uninstalled
> messenger and then reinstalled it, but I still have the
> same problem.
>
> ROb
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Rob,
> >
> >A full reinstall of Windows Messenger will probably solve
> both problems. To do so, close
> >down Messenger (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
> >
> >Reboot, click "Yes" to remove your preferences, then