Re: Remove Windows Messenger

From: Jonathan Kay [MVP] (msnewsreplies_at_jonathankay.com)
Date: 03/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:02:20 -0500

Greetings,

You can completely remove Windows Messenger (4.7) but if you do, you will be preventing
Remote Assistance, Whiteboard, and Application Sharing from working.

Instead, for Outlook 2003, click the Tools menu in Outlook, then choose Options, choose the
Other tab, uncheck "Enable the Person Names Smart Tag" and click OK.

For Outlook 2002/XP, open Outlook, click the Tools menu, then Options, then the Other tab,
and uncheck 'Enable Instant Messaging in Microsoft Outlook'.

For Outlook Express, close Outlook Express, then download and run this .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/stopmessenger_oe.reg

However, assuming you don't use this functionality, you can simply remove it by closing down
Messenger if it's running (right click the messenger icon in the notification area/system
tray and click close). Then click 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, go to,
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"filesiteguy" <kponte@getridofthis.cotse.net> wrote in message
news:83k6605gtof8qcu094dtor8m3ui60t3lia@4ax.com...
> Unfortunately, I now have Windows NT 5.1 running.
>
> My work machine with NT 5.0 crashed so they gave me a new one and it
> contains 5.1. It also has office XP.
>
> For some reason, this program - Windows Messenger - keeps popping up
> whenever I log into Outlook. I tried looking in the add/remove
> programs to get rid of this thing but can't seem to find it. (I
> currently use Trillian Pro for IM needs.)
>
> I've googled for a solution but not found anything.
>
> How do I get rid of this? Is there an uninstall or should I just
> remove some EXE and DLL files?
>
> BTW: Nice article on slashdot abotu OO vs. Office XP.
> http://slashdot.org/articles/04/03/25/1950234.shtml?tid=109&tid=185&tid=187
>
> filesiteguy

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