Bill Velek
December 11th 03, 05:41 PM
I'm new here, and this is my first post, but I might be able to help.
I realize I'm a little late in this reply, but it appears to me from my
downloading of all _recent_ threads/posts, that this might not have been
answered yet. I'm starting with all posts from November 1st, to get a
feel for the group.
As for the original inquiry, Bill said that he had checked 'Add/Remove
Programs' and couldn't find the messenger files to unload. Did that
include looking at the 'Windows Components' part of that page, in the
far left column/frame? This is the same as if you want to remove
certain games like Solitaire -- which are optional 'components' of
windows. I'm running WindowsXP Home, and Messenger appears on my screen
as such a 'component' and I have removed it from my computers that way.
Cheers.
Bill Velek
P.S. -- Am having trouble with reinstalling the OS on a replacement HDD,
because it can't find the 'ghost' file. If anyone thinks they might be
able to help me, I'll provide more details. Thanks.
catzspaz wrote:
> Hi...have you tried to run a manual search for the exe
> files? Maybe that will work to locate your programs.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I had Microsoft Messanger version 4 on my Windows XP Pro
>>computer. I never used it. However, I decided to try it
>>out and ended up installing Microsoft Messanger version
>
> 5.
>
>>I now have both versions installed and I decided I do
>
> not
>
>>like either. The problem is that I can't figure out how
>
> to
>
>>get rid of them. They are not listed in the Add/Remove
>>preograms list on the control panel and there is no
>>uninstall program in thier folders. What should I do to
>>get rid of theses programs that are just taking up space?
>>
>>By the way I am also using IE 6 sp1.
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Bill
>>To send private email, take a bite out of my address.
>>
>>.
>>
I realize I'm a little late in this reply, but it appears to me from my
downloading of all _recent_ threads/posts, that this might not have been
answered yet. I'm starting with all posts from November 1st, to get a
feel for the group.
As for the original inquiry, Bill said that he had checked 'Add/Remove
Programs' and couldn't find the messenger files to unload. Did that
include looking at the 'Windows Components' part of that page, in the
far left column/frame? This is the same as if you want to remove
certain games like Solitaire -- which are optional 'components' of
windows. I'm running WindowsXP Home, and Messenger appears on my screen
as such a 'component' and I have removed it from my computers that way.
Cheers.
Bill Velek
P.S. -- Am having trouble with reinstalling the OS on a replacement HDD,
because it can't find the 'ghost' file. If anyone thinks they might be
able to help me, I'll provide more details. Thanks.
catzspaz wrote:
> Hi...have you tried to run a manual search for the exe
> files? Maybe that will work to locate your programs.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I had Microsoft Messanger version 4 on my Windows XP Pro
>>computer. I never used it. However, I decided to try it
>>out and ended up installing Microsoft Messanger version
>
> 5.
>
>>I now have both versions installed and I decided I do
>
> not
>
>>like either. The problem is that I can't figure out how
>
> to
>
>>get rid of them. They are not listed in the Add/Remove
>>preograms list on the control panel and there is no
>>uninstall program in thier folders. What should I do to
>>get rid of theses programs that are just taking up space?
>>
>>By the way I am also using IE 6 sp1.
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Bill
>>To send private email, take a bite out of my address.
>>
>>.
>>