Icedrake Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 I have Messenger and it's not on my uninstall list so I don't know how to unistall it. There's also a folder in my Program Files called Messenger. I don't use Messenger and I don't want it on my computer and I was wondering if anyone knew how to 100% remove Messenger from your computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous_user Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Google search a little difficult? Anyways look here: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=452199 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capman Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Is there really any need for that sort of sarcasm anonymous user? Sometimes it is quicker and easier to ask on a forum of friendly members than googling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted April 21, 2008 Moderators Share Posted April 21, 2008 Capman, please look at Icedrake's post count, the last couple of days have seen a marked increase as he tries to reach 100 posts. I am sure with the skills he obviously possesses he was more than capable of finding it out himself or at least making an attempt and posting if he ran into a problem with it. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share Posted April 21, 2008 Capman, please look at Icedrake's post count, the last couple of days have seen a marked increase as he tries to reach 100 posts.I am sure with the skills he obviously possesses he was more than capable of finding it out himself or at least making an attempt and posting if he ran into a problem with it. Actually Hazelnut, I did try removing Messenger, but I ended screwing up my computer, by following instructions on the internet. Thats when I decided to post here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 AFAIK, you can't completely remove Windows Messenger ... it's integral to the OS. You can only hide or disable it and that's all that the so called "uninstallers" do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpty Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I think you may be able to remove messenger? Doug Knox - Remove Messenger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I think you may be able to remove messenger? Doug Knox - Remove Messenger I think this is another "disable & hide" method. Notice that the last instruction is to create a registry entry "... Dword value. Give it the name Hide Messenger ... set the value to 2." EDIT: I did a little research and the method suggested in the article seems to be intended for XP without SP1. It seems to do what XP with SP1 does through the Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components ... which I was under the impression only disabled and hid stuff like Windows Messenger, Outlook Express, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted April 22, 2008 Moderators Share Posted April 22, 2008 I think this is another "disable & hide" method. Notice that the last instruction is to create a registry entry "... Dword value. Give it the name Hide Messenger ... set the value to 2." EDIT: I did a little research and the method suggested in the article seems to be intended for XP without SP1. It seems to do what XP with SP1 does through the Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components ... which I was under the impression only disabled and hid stuff like Windows Messenger, Outlook Express, etc. It can be completely removed, and it's rather simple and Windows/Microsoft Update will confirm it because it will all of a sudden want to install it again: Uninstall Windows Messenger: Click Start > Run > and type in (copy and paste the below line):RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove Restart Windows. Please note, this completely uninstalls Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger. If you want Messenger back download it from Microsoft Update at: http://update.microsoft.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdoge3 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I have Win XP & no messenger take it off only good to get spyware in not good lots of way to take fist stop messenger then take off Doug Knox is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpty Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 There is a portable version of Messenger if anyone is interested. Never used it here so can't really comment on it. Portable Messenger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 Thanks for the help everyone, and I finally uninstalled MSN Messenger with your help, Andavari. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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