messenger quits running

[berry]

after numerous installs I still cannot get messenger to
stay running. It will sign in and then after 5 -10
seconds dissappear from the taskbar and does not show up
under processes ??? ver 6.2

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Berry,

You may need to completely remove your Messenger settings and then try again. To do so,
click Start, then Run,
then type:
%appdata%\microsoft
and click OK.

Right-click the MSN Messenger folder and choose Delete.

Then, start the registry editor by clicking Start, then Run, type "regedit" and then
click OK. Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger key (they look
like folders), click the MSNMessenger key, then choose the Edit menu, and then choose Delete.

After all this, restart Messenger and see if the problem has been corrected.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
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"berry" > wrote in message
...
> after numerous installs I still cannot get messenger to
> stay running. It will sign in and then after 5 -10
> seconds dissappear from the taskbar and does not show up
> under processes ??? ver 6.2