Greetings,
MSConfig simply attempts to disable applications from running at startup. Even if you use a
proper tool like Microsoft Sysinternals' Autoruns utility, the next time you start Messenger
it will simply add itself back.
To properly disable Messenger from running at startup, open up Messenger's main window, press
the Alt key on the keyboard to display the menu bar, choose the Tools menu, and then Options.
Choose the Sign In category, and uncheck 'Automatically run Windows Live Messenger when I log
on to Windows' and click OK.
You should now be good to go in the case of Messenger starting at startup. Note that other
applications as well as Microsoft's websites (more specifically Hotmail or Spaces) can also
start Messenger. In the case of Hotmail/Spaces and you're using Internet Explorer, you can
disable that, but I won't get into the details unless that's truly what you're experiencing.
Other applications may have their own mechanisms for disabling "Messenger" features which
case Messenger to start up.
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog:
http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com
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"zombiepower" wrote in message
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I have windows live messenger, and every time I load up my computer it
opens. So unchecked it from the startup list on "msconfig" and restarted
my computer as prompted. Yet, there it is again. I checked msconfig, and
messenger was checked to start up on the startup list, even though I
unchecked it...
Also, after exiting messenger by right clicking the icon in system tray
and selecting close, it will open by itself again about 10 minutes
later.
It does not always open again, but mostly it will. When it does, the
window does not pop up, just the icon in the system tray will appear
showing that the application has been opened somehow...
Can someone explain to me why my messenger is being naughty?
Thanks
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zombiepower
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