Delete windows messenger

[p morris]

Help, how can I delete messenger? There is no listing in
the help sections that I can find to do this. I think MS
should give us an option to delete.



Would appreciate any help.

[Alex]

To remove MSN Messenger 5 or 6, click Start, then Control Panel, then Add or
Remove Programs, click MSN Messenger and then click the 'Remove' button.

For 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


"p morris" > wrote in message
...
> Help, how can I delete messenger? There is no listing in
> the help sections that I can find to do this. I think MS
> should give us an option to delete.
>
>
>
> Would appreciate any help.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

You can remove Windows Messenger, 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 by opening it
up, click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and unchecking 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows
starts'.

If you really want to remove Windows Messenger, you can do so by doing the following -- 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

"p morris" > wrote in message
...
> Help, how can I delete messenger? There is no listing in
> the help sections that I can find to do this. I think MS
> should give us an option to delete.
>
>
>
> Would appreciate any help.