RE: 2 copies of messenger AFTER XP SP2 install

From: JB (JB_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/30/04


Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 05:35:04 -0700

After a reboot the the second messenger icon in the system tray went away.
Sorry for the false alarm.

"birthday" wrote:

> one is windows messenger which came with windows xp the other is msn
> messenger which like me i down loaded it is more up dated click on to your
> start up promgram and try sorting from there
>
> "JB" wrote:
>
> > Any reason why I have two copies of messenger open at startup?
> >
> > In my system tray there are two copies of messenger. One is automatically
> > signed in, the other is not. I don't want two copies to open at start up.
> > How do I remove a copy of messenger and how do I make sure I remove the right
> > one?



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