John Basile
December 5th 03, 01:31 AM
>-----Original Message-----
>I have BOTH Windows and MSN Messenger on office and home
computers running
>XP. The two are constantly cancelling each other out
logging on to the same
>..NET account. Is it possible to remove Windows
Messenger--MSN Messenger is
>a higher version (5.0 with 6 on the way) and seems more
desirable than
>Windows Messenger (4.7). Or am I wrong and should I
remove MSN Messenger?
>There doesn't appear to be any way to remove Windows
Messenger through the
>"add or remove windows components" in the control panel
other than removing
>it from the start menu.
>
>-----------------------------
>Warren D. Olfert
>
>
>.
>Warren,
I found a web site TWEAKXP.COM most useful. I had the
same question and found the answer there.
Remove Windows Messenger manually, click Start, Run and
enter the following command:
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%
\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
Note: This will prevent a long delay when opening Outlook
Express if you have the Contacts pane enabled. To prevent
this, click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express
Right click in the right pane and select New, Dword value.
Give it the name Hide Messenger Double click this new
entry and set the value to 2.
>I have BOTH Windows and MSN Messenger on office and home
computers running
>XP. The two are constantly cancelling each other out
logging on to the same
>..NET account. Is it possible to remove Windows
Messenger--MSN Messenger is
>a higher version (5.0 with 6 on the way) and seems more
desirable than
>Windows Messenger (4.7). Or am I wrong and should I
remove MSN Messenger?
>There doesn't appear to be any way to remove Windows
Messenger through the
>"add or remove windows components" in the control panel
other than removing
>it from the start menu.
>
>-----------------------------
>Warren D. Olfert
>
>
>.
>Warren,
I found a web site TWEAKXP.COM most useful. I had the
same question and found the answer there.
Remove Windows Messenger manually, click Start, Run and
enter the following command:
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%
\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
Note: This will prevent a long delay when opening Outlook
Express if you have the Contacts pane enabled. To prevent
this, click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express
Right click in the right pane and select New, Dword value.
Give it the name Hide Messenger Double click this new
entry and set the value to 2.