serious problem with messenger

[Sir Zack Whittaker]

jonathan, this is the problem. i am trying to start from scratch with
messenger, as the slow moving window thing actually continued still, even
though i updated msgplus to 3.40.112.

i have finally managed to uninstall msn mesenger 7 (unable to do it from
add-remove programs, as it couldnt find the *.msi file, even though the
installation file was an *.exe, so i had to remove it directly from the
installation file)
but im having a major problem removing windows messenger. its being a right
pain in the arse. i open the messenger.msi installation file, and i can only
repair it, and not uninstall it, and when i go to 'add-remove' windows
componants, i get the following error message (see attached file).

i darent do the RunDll thingy you mentioned in an earlier post to remove it
as im terrified it'll screw it up even more.

im afraid im back on WinXP, easier for you to diagnose the problem, however
much to my dismay as i've lost longhorn :'(

help would be *greatly* appreciated :o)

sir zack

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Zack,

Add/Remove Windows Components simply removes (and adds back) the Windows Messenger shortcuts
(and a few other miscellanous things), it doesn't actually remove Windows Messenger and
checking the box again won't bring it back.

If you really want to kill Windows Messenger (which will disable Remote Assistance,
Whiteboard and Application Sharing in MSN Messenger 7.x/6.x also), simply reinstall Windows
Messenger 4.7 from here:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b475d2d1-6266-4d82-bf78-14597545a6b4

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
____________________________________________
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Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
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"Sir Zack Whittaker" > wrote in message
...
> jonathan, this is the problem. i am trying to start from scratch with
> messenger, as the slow moving window thing actually continued still, even
> though i updated msgplus to 3.40.112.
>
> i have finally managed to uninstall msn mesenger 7 (unable to do it from
> add-remove programs, as it couldnt find the *.msi file, even though the
> installation file was an *.exe, so i had to remove it directly from the
> installation file)
> but im having a major problem removing windows messenger. its being a right
> pain in the arse. i open the messenger.msi installation file, and i can only
> repair it, and not uninstall it, and when i go to 'add-remove' windows
> componants, i get the following error message (see attached file).
>
> i darent do the RunDll thingy you mentioned in an earlier post to remove it
> as im terrified it'll screw it up even more.
>
> im afraid im back on WinXP, easier for you to diagnose the problem, however
> much to my dismay as i've lost longhorn :'(
>
> help would be *greatly* appreciated :o)
>
> sir zack
>
>
>
>
>
>