Outlook Express and Messenger

[Martin Jackson]

I just purchased XP Home Edition, and every time I start
Outlook Express , the Messenger program also starts.
Within Outlook Express, I have gone to Tools, Options and
deselected the box that asks if I want to have Messenger
start when Outlook starts. All the Messenger contacts
fill up my Outlook contacts. I know I can go to Tools ,
Messenger and ask that Messenger be logged off after I
have started Outlook, but that's not what I should have
to do. I simply want each program (Outlook and Messenger)
to run when I ask them to run, (not be interlinked).

If anyone has a suggestion, I would really appreciate it.

martin

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Martin,

To solve this problem (and unlink both programs from each other), simply close Outlook
Express, then download and run this .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/stopmessenger_oe.reg
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Martin Jackson" > wrote in message
...
> I just purchased XP Home Edition, and every time I start
> Outlook Express , the Messenger program also starts.
> Within Outlook Express, I have gone to Tools, Options and
> deselected the box that asks if I want to have Messenger
> start when Outlook starts. All the Messenger contacts
> fill up my Outlook contacts. I know I can go to Tools ,
> Messenger and ask that Messenger be logged off after I
> have started Outlook, but that's not what I should have
> to do. I simply want each program (Outlook and Messenger)
> to run when I ask them to run, (not be interlinked).
>
> If anyone has a suggestion, I would really appreciate it.
>
> martin