Hal
December 5th 03, 01:48 PM
See Edward's reply in this thread. I found the same
command line elsewhere in this forum last night and it
appears to have removed the program.
It seems to me that we are going backwards here. I should
be able to go to "Remove programs" in my control panel
and simply remove the program. Now we are back to dos
command lines to remove applications. This is
frustrating.
Also now that I have removed it, I have a new twist to
the story. I installed several "updates" in the quest for
a solution to the problem with Messenger. Now, I have to
select a user everytime I start up my pc. I am the only
account set up on it and none of my other XP machines
require me to select a user. What is with this? <sigh>
And this is progress???
Sorry support guys. I know you do the best you can with
what you have. But each incarnation of the Windows OS
becomes more and more difficult to control. Ultimately,
the user should have control over the OS... not the other
way around.
Hal
>-----Original Message-----
>Hal,
>
>If you find out how to remove this hellish program from
>your computer, please forward to me also. As you stated
>below, there appears to be no way to remove the damn
>program. I even went into a dos shell to try and still
>couldn't get it. Please, please share your replies.
>
>Bob Bebber
>
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I am running Windows XP Home, Internet Explorer 6.0,
and
>>trying to uninstall Windows Messenger 4.7. I have
>>disabled Messenger everywhere I have found it. I tried
>to
>>uninstall (remove Windows component) but that just
seems
>>to be some sort of disable as well. I can remove the
>icon
>>from Internet Explorer toolbar but the program is still
>>available via the tools dropdown menu. Bottom line... I
>>can not fully REMOVE the program.
>>
>>When I start the browser, it starts a
>>process "msmsgs.exe" and this process does not
terminate
>>with Explorer. I have to manually terminate the process
>>(or reboot) to run my web cleanup utility from Norton's
>>Utilities. It keeps thinking that a browser is running
>>because of the processes that Explorer leaves running
>>after I exit the browser. There is no problem runing
the
>>web cleanup if I don't start the browser before running
>>the cleanup (rather useless that way though).
>>
>>Is there no way to simply REMOVE the Messenger program
>>completely and remove its registry entries? ie. a clean
>>UNinstall????
>>
>>I have tried to uninstall Internet Explorer entirely
(to
>>do a clean install) and alas, I can not remove IT
>either.
>>That was even suggested in the knowledge base. Why put
>it
>>there if it can not be done? I can only remove the last
>>update... that is under programs, instead of Windows
>>components and appears to actually uninstall.
>>
>>Bottom line.... How do I completely uninstall Messenger
>>or at the very least stop Explorer from starting up
>>the "msmsgs.exe" process?
>>
>>Thank you, in advance, for your help.
>>
>>Hal
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>
command line elsewhere in this forum last night and it
appears to have removed the program.
It seems to me that we are going backwards here. I should
be able to go to "Remove programs" in my control panel
and simply remove the program. Now we are back to dos
command lines to remove applications. This is
frustrating.
Also now that I have removed it, I have a new twist to
the story. I installed several "updates" in the quest for
a solution to the problem with Messenger. Now, I have to
select a user everytime I start up my pc. I am the only
account set up on it and none of my other XP machines
require me to select a user. What is with this? <sigh>
And this is progress???
Sorry support guys. I know you do the best you can with
what you have. But each incarnation of the Windows OS
becomes more and more difficult to control. Ultimately,
the user should have control over the OS... not the other
way around.
Hal
>-----Original Message-----
>Hal,
>
>If you find out how to remove this hellish program from
>your computer, please forward to me also. As you stated
>below, there appears to be no way to remove the damn
>program. I even went into a dos shell to try and still
>couldn't get it. Please, please share your replies.
>
>Bob Bebber
>
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I am running Windows XP Home, Internet Explorer 6.0,
and
>>trying to uninstall Windows Messenger 4.7. I have
>>disabled Messenger everywhere I have found it. I tried
>to
>>uninstall (remove Windows component) but that just
seems
>>to be some sort of disable as well. I can remove the
>icon
>>from Internet Explorer toolbar but the program is still
>>available via the tools dropdown menu. Bottom line... I
>>can not fully REMOVE the program.
>>
>>When I start the browser, it starts a
>>process "msmsgs.exe" and this process does not
terminate
>>with Explorer. I have to manually terminate the process
>>(or reboot) to run my web cleanup utility from Norton's
>>Utilities. It keeps thinking that a browser is running
>>because of the processes that Explorer leaves running
>>after I exit the browser. There is no problem runing
the
>>web cleanup if I don't start the browser before running
>>the cleanup (rather useless that way though).
>>
>>Is there no way to simply REMOVE the Messenger program
>>completely and remove its registry entries? ie. a clean
>>UNinstall????
>>
>>I have tried to uninstall Internet Explorer entirely
(to
>>do a clean install) and alas, I can not remove IT
>either.
>>That was even suggested in the knowledge base. Why put
>it
>>there if it can not be done? I can only remove the last
>>update... that is under programs, instead of Windows
>>components and appears to actually uninstall.
>>
>>Bottom line.... How do I completely uninstall Messenger
>>or at the very least stop Explorer from starting up
>>the "msmsgs.exe" process?
>>
>>Thank you, in advance, for your help.
>>
>>Hal
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>