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That annoying Windows Messenger. Here's how to remove it.

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Nickyct

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I just bought Windows XP home Edition and everytime I boot up I keep getting that Windows Messenger.
It took me all day to find the info on how to remove it. None seems to be working right. One of them show me how to get rid of it. But it seems to be running it in the background when I'm using my PC ( I have cable modem) While I was working on my paper I got somebody try to IM me. What the heck. !
Here's what I found. it completely remove the messenger from your windows.

Go to Start
Run
and copy and paste this line RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
and hit ok. it will start uninstalling from your PC.

Bye bye Windows Messenger.. and hope never to see you again.
 
Or you can disable it in services... go to RUN.. type services.msc, that'll bring up the services list. Scroll down to Windows Messenger and disable it.
 
That's nice to know that you can do it that way too. But I just want to program gone completely from my windows.
 
Originally posted by: Moralpanic
Or you can disable it in services... go to RUN.. type services.msc, that'll bring up the services list. Scroll down to Windows Messenger and disable it.
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You won't find Windows Messenger in services, just Messenger, which is not the same as Windows Messenger the IM client.

Of course it's still a good idea to disable the Messenger service. 🙂
 
As Animal pointed out Windows(MSN) messenger is not the same as the Messenger service. The MSN one has got to go unless you use it, as far as the windows Messenger service, I use it rather frequently.... to spam all of you. 😛

Actually, I use it like an IM between computers/people here.
 
Please note: if you hack Windows Messenger off your machine, but you wish to use MSN Messenger, many advanced features such as remote assistance and whiteboard will no longer work. Several features of MSN Messenger requires that Windows Messenger be installed.
 
Originally posted by: Slugbait
Please note: if you hack Windows Messenger off your machine, but you wish to use MSN Messenger, many advanced features such as remote assistance and whiteboard will no longer work. Several features of MSN Messenger requires that Windows Messenger be installed.
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After what you wrote I went online and find out more about Remote assistance here's what I found about remote assistance. Correct me if I misunderstood what I read. I think windows messenger is only use for sending an invitation which you do it via Email. Here's the link that I found.
Remote assistance
 
Close...but email never enters the situation.

I am speaking of the Remote Assistance entry point from within the IM client itself, not the OS shell. Just like file transfer or starting A/V, remote assistance simply requires sending an invitation from within the IM client...the other party accepts from within the conversation window, remote assistance begins.

The protocols being used tie into different programs and the shell itself. For example, that's not "Messenger's" whiteboard you are starting...it's NetMeeting's whiteboard. But Messenger ties into it...and thru a complicated process (primarily due to an early mistake to create a new IM client and then make it a core system component), MSN Messenger needs Windows Messenger in order to "connect the dots" and make the same features available in both clients to work correctly. In addition to enabling these features, and to enable both IM clients to not only be installed simultaneously but also to run and be able to logon simultaneously, required "sharing" of capabilities.

Remote assistance is simply desktop sharing with a clunky, slow user interface painted on it. If you want performance, use NetMeeting's desktop sharing feature directly.

Remember: the original design of MSN Messenger was that it could NOT be installed on XP. That OS was originally the exclusive domain of Windows Messenger, and WinMsgr was originally designed so that it could not be installed on any downlevel OS. Now you will notice that version 5.0 can be installed on W2K. Interesting, no?

The IM world at MS changed one day, and now we have a myriad of different and confusing situations.

But yeah, I'm pretty sure remote assistance directly from the shell is also crippled if you hack Windows Messenger off your machine.
 
I actually want to keep MSN Messenger on my computer for my friends that need my help from time to time.

I just changed the name of the directroy in program files to "Messenger_OFF", and it never loads. When I need it, I just change it back to "Messenger". No problems at all.

Like I said, this is because I WANT to keep it for when I need to help my friends. Other than that, I dont' use it to chat at all.




KeyserSoze
 
I tried to do that but It just will not let me. It keep telling me that there's a sharing violation and the program is being used. Even when I exited already and it's still running in the back ground so I can't change it at all.
 
Originally posted by: Nickyct
I tried to do that but It just will not let me. It keep telling me that there's a sharing violation and the program is being used. Even when I exited already and it's still running in the back ground so I can't change it at all.
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As you said, it's running in the background...this means you did NOT exit the program, you only closed the window. As I said above, it's running in the background by default on boot, and closing the window does just that: it closes the window...it doesn't exit the program. This is why you are notified that there is a sharing violation.

You need to *exit* the program before you try something like this, and even then, only a minority of users will be successful using this approach (changing the folder name). The only sure way to stop it from automatically loading is to set the options as described.
 
Originally posted by: Nickyct
I tried to do that but It just will not let me. It keep telling me that there's a sharing violation and the program is being used. Even when I exited already and it's still running in the back ground so I can't change it at all.
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I guess my only advice would be to reboot, and don't start any programs. Kill everything that's in the Startup before you do this. (MSConfig-->Uncheck everything.) And try it this way. It's linked to IE and Outlook/OE if you let it. So, if it's associated, an instance of it will start up. (I think.) THEN, try to do that. It will give you an error message about how it's needed for other programs to operate, disregard that.

Post back here when you try that.




KeyserSoze
 
Well, I Can't try that anymore. Read the first message. I completely remove the program from my system now. Thank god I don't have to deal with that anymore. I never like that program.
 
Thanks for that info again. I knew this like a year ago, but you think I could ever find it again after trying to search for how to remove messenger from windows xp



Confused
 
Originally posted by: theAnimal
Originally posted by: Moralpanic
Or you can disable it in services... go to RUN.. type services.msc, that'll bring up the services list. Scroll down to Windows Messenger and disable it.
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You won't find Windows Messenger in services, just Messenger, which is not the same as Windows Messenger the IM client.

Of course it's still a good idea to disable the Messenger service. 🙂
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Er i thought that's what he was doing... trying to get rid of Messenger. I thought the IM that you're referring to was known as MSN Messenger? I thought that because he said he didn't want it, it was running in the background, and he was getting unwanted IMs... you can't get IMs if you don't log into the service, which for somebody who doesn't want it, shouldn't be doing....



 
type the following into a run line:

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

This will easily uninstall messenger.
 
Originally posted by: MrYogi
type the following into a run line:

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

This will easily uninstall messenger.
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Uh.. the thread starter posted the exact same thing.
 
Originally posted by: screw3d
Originally posted by: MrYogi
type the following into a run line:

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

This will easily uninstall messenger.
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Uh.. the thread starter posted the exact same thing.
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LOL yeah, how could you miss the bold type.
 
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