Reinstalled WinXP Pro

[StarLancer]

I rememeber from way back when that there was a code to type into the Run box that would delete all of the Windows Messenger crap from your pc but i cant seem to find it anywhere. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

[CGras90]

Start -> Control Panel -> Add/remove programs -> click "add/remove windows components" from the left side bar -> Uncheck windows messenger from the bottom of the list

 

[jlbenedict]

1. Browse to the \WINDOWS\INF folder
2. Find the file "SYSOC.INF"
3. Look for this line "msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7"

4. Remove just the "hide" portion of it. Leave the two commas (,) in there. It should look like this: msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7

5. Now you should be able to use the Add/Remove Windows components to actually uninstall Messenger from the system.

 

[jlbenedict]

Originally posted by: CGras90
Start -> Control Panel -> Add/remove programs -> click "add/remove windows components" from the left side bar -> Uncheck windows messenger from the bottom of the list

This only removes all the shortcuts to messenger.
you have to do the steps I posted above to access the hidden option

 

[StarLancer]

thx!

 

[benjamat]

Run this from start menu.

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

You will not see messenger after.