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Two messenger 8.1 are loading?
I updated to windows live messenger 8.1 because I had to? Now every time my
computer starts up two of them show on the task bar and both are the same? Just one is showing in msconfig. When you exit from one of the the other stay's. What do I need to do to stop one of them? Or should I just uninstall and try again? -- Duke |
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Two messenger 8.1 are loading?
Greetings Duke,
Are you sure they're both Windows Live Messenger 8.1? Open them both up, press the Alt key to bring up the menubar, choose the Help menu and then choose About. I'm betting one is Windows Messenger and one is Windows Live Messenger, which are separate products. You can remove it, but Remote Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing will no longer work within Windows Live Messenger. If that's okay with you, simply uninstall by clicking 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 on this, go to: http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7 -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay. You *must* contact me for redistribution rights. -- "Duke46" wrote in message ... I updated to windows live messenger 8.1 because I had to? Now every time my computer starts up two of them show on the task bar and both are the same? Just one is showing in msconfig. When you exit from one of the the other stay's. What do I need to do to stop one of them? Or should I just uninstall and try again? -- Duke |
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-- Windows messenger has been off this computer for a while. Both of these are 8.1. I can log into both with any of my other user names and have both running. Some people might like that opp but I have no need for but one per computer. Thats why I looked in my start up to see if there were two but only saw one? Unless I over looked something or looking in the wrong place there? I have not looked in the registry yet.I know how to get into about any thing on my computers and correct or delete if need be. I might have to uninstall it and then reinstall to correct but that does not answer the why or a quicker fix to it for your records and any one else that might have the same problem and don't know who to ask. Duke "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: Greetings Duke, Are you sure they're both Windows Live Messenger 8.1? Open them both up, press the Alt key to bring up the menubar, choose the Help menu and then choose About. I'm betting one is Windows Messenger and one is Windows Live Messenger, which are separate products. You can remove it, but Remote Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing will no longer work within Windows Live Messenger. If that's okay with you, simply uninstall by clicking 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 on this, go to: http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7 -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay. You *must* contact me for redistribution rights. -- "Duke46" wrote in message ... I updated to windows live messenger 8.1 because I had to? Now every time my computer starts up two of them show on the task bar and both are the same? Just one is showing in msconfig. When you exit from one of the the other stay's. What do I need to do to stop one of them? Or should I just uninstall and try again? -- Duke |
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Two messenger 8.1 are loading?
Hi Duke,
By design, Windows Live Messenger can only execute twice. If it's starting multiple times than you're using something third-party (knowingly or not) to bypass Messenger's functionality stopping you from doing exactly this. As such, if someone else executes Messenger, it will simply start again and again and again. If you have say, Messenger Plus Live installed, there's an option within it which allows you to do this. To turn it up, just pop up one of the Messenger clients, press the Alt key on the keyboard to bring up the menubar, then choose the Plus! menu, then Preferences, then Messenger tab and uncheck the 'Allow me to connect to several accounts simultaneously' option. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay. You *must* contact me for redistribution rights. -- "Duke46" wrote in message ... i -- Windows messenger has been off this computer for a while. Both of these are 8.1. I can log into both with any of my other user names and have both running. Some people might like that opp but I have no need for but one per computer. Thats why I looked in my start up to see if there were two but only saw one? Unless I over looked something or looking in the wrong place there? I have not looked in the registry yet.I know how to get into about any thing on my computers and correct or delete if need be. I might have to uninstall it and then reinstall to correct but that does not answer the why or a quicker fix to it for your records and any one else that might have the same problem and don't know who to ask. Duke "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: Greetings Duke, Are you sure they're both Windows Live Messenger 8.1? Open them both up, press the Alt key to bring up the menubar, choose the Help menu and then choose About. I'm betting one is Windows Messenger and one is Windows Live Messenger, which are separate products. You can remove it, but Remote Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing will no longer work within Windows Live Messenger. If that's okay with you, simply uninstall by clicking 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 on this, go to: http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7 -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay. You *must* contact me for redistribution rights. -- "Duke46" wrote in message ... I updated to windows live messenger 8.1 because I had to? Now every time my computer starts up two of them show on the task bar and both are the same? Just one is showing in msconfig. When you exit from one of the the other stay's. What do I need to do to stop one of them? Or should I just uninstall and try again? -- Duke |
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Two messenger 8.1 are loading?
Hi Jonathan,
Now we are getting some where. I don't remember checking it but now I know. Thanks a bunch. Problem solved. Duke -- Duke "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: Hi Duke, By design, Windows Live Messenger can only execute twice. If it's starting multiple times than you're using something third-party (knowingly or not) to bypass Messenger's functionality stopping you from doing exactly this. As such, if someone else executes Messenger, it will simply start again and again and again. If you have say, Messenger Plus Live installed, there's an option within it which allows you to do this. To turn it up, just pop up one of the Messenger clients, press the Alt key on the keyboard to bring up the menubar, then choose the Plus! menu, then Preferences, then Messenger tab and uncheck the 'Allow me to connect to several accounts simultaneously' option. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay. You *must* contact me for redistribution rights. -- "Duke46" wrote in message ... i -- Windows messenger has been off this computer for a while. Both of these are 8.1. I can log into both with any of my other user names and have both running. Some people might like that opp but I have no need for but one per computer. Thats why I looked in my start up to see if there were two but only saw one? Unless I over looked something or looking in the wrong place there? I have not looked in the registry yet.I know how to get into about any thing on my computers and correct or delete if need be. I might have to uninstall it and then reinstall to correct but that does not answer the why or a quicker fix to it for your records and any one else that might have the same problem and don't know who to ask. Duke "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: Greetings Duke, Are you sure they're both Windows Live Messenger 8.1? Open them both up, press the Alt key to bring up the menubar, choose the Help menu and then choose About. I'm betting one is Windows Messenger and one is Windows Live Messenger, which are separate products. You can remove it, but Remote Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing will no longer work within Windows Live Messenger. If that's okay with you, simply uninstall by clicking 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 on this, go to: http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7 -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay. You *must* contact me for redistribution rights. -- "Duke46" wrote in message ... I updated to windows live messenger 8.1 because I had to? Now every time my computer starts up two of them show on the task bar and both are the same? Just one is showing in msconfig. When you exit from one of the the other stay's. What do I need to do to stop one of them? Or should I just uninstall and try again? -- Duke |
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Two messenger 8.1 are loading?
Hi Duke,
Sure -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay. You *must* contact me for redistribution rights. -- "Duke46" wrote in message ... Hi Jonathan, Now we are getting some where. I don't remember checking it but now I know. Thanks a bunch. Problem solved. Duke -- Duke "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: Hi Duke, By design, Windows Live Messenger can only execute twice. If it's starting multiple times than you're using something third-party (knowingly or not) to bypass Messenger's functionality stopping you from doing exactly this. As such, if someone else executes Messenger, it will simply start again and again and again. If you have say, Messenger Plus Live installed, there's an option within it which allows you to do this. To turn it up, just pop up one of the Messenger clients, press the Alt key on the keyboard to bring up the menubar, then choose the Plus! menu, then Preferences, then Messenger tab and uncheck the 'Allow me to connect to several accounts simultaneously' option. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay. You *must* contact me for redistribution rights. -- "Duke46" wrote in message ... i -- Windows messenger has been off this computer for a while. Both of these are 8.1. I can log into both with any of my other user names and have both running. Some people might like that opp but I have no need for but one per computer. Thats why I looked in my start up to see if there were two but only saw one? Unless I over looked something or looking in the wrong place there? I have not looked in the registry yet.I know how to get into about any thing on my computers and correct or delete if need be. I might have to uninstall it and then reinstall to correct but that does not answer the why or a quicker fix to it for your records and any one else that might have the same problem and don't know who to ask. Duke "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: Greetings Duke, Are you sure they're both Windows Live Messenger 8.1? Open them both up, press the Alt key to bring up the menubar, choose the Help menu and then choose About. I'm betting one is Windows Messenger and one is Windows Live Messenger, which are separate products. You can remove it, but Remote Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing will no longer work within Windows Live Messenger. If that's okay with you, simply uninstall by clicking 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 on this, go to: http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7 -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay. You *must* contact me for redistribution rights. -- "Duke46" wrote in message ... I updated to windows live messenger 8.1 because I had to? Now every time my computer starts up two of them show on the task bar and both are the same? Just one is showing in msconfig. When you exit from one of the the other stay's. What do I need to do to stop one of them? Or should I just uninstall and try again? -- Duke |
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