Hi: Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger does not show up on my list of add/remove programs. It does not have a uninstall link (that I can find) A friend downloaded it on my laptop and it's constantly running. I'm not the most computer savvy gal..
Any help would be awesome!
I just want it off my laptop… pain in the butt
I tried the remove windows components & it is still running.
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1 Freebirdgonewild // Mar 25, 2009
When MSN Messenger is double clicked, simply un-checking the box next to Run This Program at Startup does NOT prevent it from loading with Windows — it just loads without the user interface. In fact, you will still see a box pop up when Messenger finds a newer version available, which will show you that it was still running in the background! You didn't thing Bill Gates would let you off THAT easy, did you?
If you REALLY want to MSN Messenger once and for all, just do the following registry edit: Click on Start and select Run; Type Regedit in the text box and click OK or press the Enter key. Next, click on the Plus Sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
Now click on the plus next to Software, then Policies, and finally on Microsoft. With Microsoft Folder highlighted, click on Edit on the menu bar at the top of the Registry Editor window and select New, then Key. Type "Messenger" (without the quotes) and press the Enter key.
With Messenger selected (highlighted) click Edit again, and click New and then Key. Type "Client" (again without quotes) and click OK. The Client key should nest below the Messenger key. With the Client key highlighted, click Edit again and this time click DWORD value. Following that, type "PreventRun" (no quotes) for this value and press the Enter key. A new item will appear on the right side of the screen with the name PreventRun and the type REG_WORD. Right-click PreventRun and select Modify from the context menu.
In the Value Data field in the box that opens, change the existing "0" to a "1' (again, no quotes) and click OK. Now close the Registry Editor by clicking on the X in the upper right corner of the Registry Editor window. Restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
2 lchasser // Mar 25, 2009
When you run Add/Remove Programs, have you looked at the left column and seen 'Add / Remove Windows Components '
It's in there since it's a windows component.
Sarge
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