MSN Messenger "the parameter is incorrect"

[Fred Borden]

Never mind - the problem was the shortcut link - I fixed
it, but I'm not sure how it happened.



>-----Original Message-----
>I recently went ahead and upgraded MSN Messenger even
>though I already had 6.1. I had been getting a message
>that there was a new release. Didn't make sense but I
>wanted to get rid of the recurrring message. Since then,
>Messenger often (50%) does not load on boot as it is set
>to do. I reboot and it is back. The bigger problem is
>that when I try to bring it up as a program so that I
>don't have to reboot, I get an error message "the
>parameter is incorrect". I fully removed the program and
>re-downloaded. That I did not resolve the problem. My
>computer is a Toshiba 1805-s274 laptop with Windows XP
>Home.
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Fred,

The "parameter is incorrect" usually indicates something was wrong with the Windows Installer
shortcut for the application (the installation service which the MSN Messenger installer is
based on). I'm not quite sure what happened, but if you just remade the shortcut, you
shouldn't have any further difficulties.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Fred Borden" > wrote in message
...
> Never mind - the problem was the shortcut link - I fixed
> it, but I'm not sure how it happened.
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I recently went ahead and upgraded MSN Messenger even
>>though I already had 6.1. I had been getting a message
>>that there was a new release. Didn't make sense but I
>>wanted to get rid of the recurrring message. Since then,
>>Messenger often (50%) does not load on boot as it is set
>>to do. I reboot and it is back. The bigger problem is
>>that when I try to bring it up as a program so that I
>>don't have to reboot, I get an error message "the
>>parameter is incorrect". I fully removed the program and
>>re-downloaded. That I did not resolve the problem. My
>>computer is a Toshiba 1805-s274 laptop with Windows XP
>>Home.
>>.
>>