Getting rid of Messenger

[BSU74]

I downloaded "Messenger" to be able to talk to a friend
and I ended up not using this service at all, but now I
can not get it off my harddrive!! This is really making me
mad, because I will not use it now or will I ever use it.
Does anyone know how to get rid of this program?

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

To remove Windows Messenger, close down Messenger if it's running (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
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"BSU74" > wrote in message ...
> I downloaded "Messenger" to be able to talk to a friend
> and I ended up not using this service at all, but now I
> can not get it off my harddrive!! This is really making me
> mad, because I will not use it now or will I ever use it.
> Does anyone know how to get rid of this program?

[Mark Rowell]

Xref: kermit microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger:47105

Jonathan,

I ran this once because I thought I wanted to remove Windows Messenger. Now
I want to reinstall the program and I've gone tried going through the
control panel..add or remove programs..add/remove windows components and
that doesn't seem to want to get it running again. What's your advice?

Thanks,
Mark

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings,
>
> To remove Windows Messenger, close down Messenger if it's running (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
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Windows MVP, Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
> "BSU74" > wrote in message
...
> > I downloaded "Messenger" to be able to talk to a friend
> > and I ended up not using this service at all, but now I
> > can not get it off my harddrive!! This is really making me
> > mad, because I will not use it now or will I ever use it.
> > Does anyone know how to get rid of this program?
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Mark,

The Add/Remove Windows Components simply removes the shortcut (and a few registry entries) --
it does not remove the actual application like the command in my previous post does and as
such, it can't reinstall it.

To reinstall Windows Messenger, simply download the latest version from here:
http://messenger.microsoft.com/download/download.asp?client=0.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Mark Rowell" > wrote in message
...
> Jonathan,
>
> I ran this once because I thought I wanted to remove Windows Messenger. Now
> I want to reinstall the program and I've gone tried going through the
> control panel..add or remove programs..add/remove windows components and
> that doesn't seem to want to get it running again. What's your advice?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Greetings,
> >
> > To remove Windows Messenger, close down Messenger if it's running (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
> > ____________________________________________
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Windows MVP, Messenger
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> > "BSU74" > wrote in message
> ...
> > > I downloaded "Messenger" to be able to talk to a friend
> > > and I ended up not using this service at all, but now I
> > > can not get it off my harddrive!! This is really making me
> > > mad, because I will not use it now or will I ever use it.
> > > Does anyone know how to get rid of this program?
> >
> >
>
>