Deleting Windows Messenger.. [Archive]

Jonathan Kay [MVP]

December 5th 03, 01:54 PM

Greetings Damian,

You can remove Windows Messenger 4.7, but if you do, you will be preventing Remote
Assistance, Whiteboard, Application Sharing and any other applications that utilize Messenger
from working (or loading without problems). You can just disable Windows Messenger 4.7, by
opening it up, click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and unchecking 'Run this program when
Windows starts'. This won't stop it from being loaded by some other application though. As
well, you can disable it further by going to Start, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs,
Add/Remove Windows Components on the left, uncheck Windows Messenger in the components list
and click Next >. Note: this is only available if you've installed Windows XP Service Pack
1 -- if you haven't, visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. This won't remove Windows
Messenger, but it will let it stay out of your way, and allow MSN Messenger 5 to work
properly.

You'll also need to disable it in Outlook. For Outlook (XP/2002), just open Outlook, click
the Tools menu, then Options, then the Other tab, and uncheck 'Enable Instant Messaging in
Microsoft Outlook'. For Outlook Express, close Outlook Express, and run this .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/stopmessenger_oe.reg
You'll need to start Outlook Express to see the change.

Also see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330117 for more information on Windows Messenger 4.7 and MSN
Messenger 5.0.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Damian" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> I am using msn messenger 5, and want to completely get
> rid of WINDOWS MESSENGER from my computer. When i go into
> outlook, windows messenger pops up and it is annoying me..
> thanks