Re: Why Messenger won't start

From: Jonathan Kay [MVP] (msnewsreplies_at_jonathankay.com)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:34:07 -0500

Greetings Donaldo,

You can't reinstall it from Add/Remove Components, this merely adds the icons back.

You can reinstall Windows Messenger from here:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b475d2d1-6266-4d82-bf78-14597545a6b4
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"Donaldo" <Donaldo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F1E4B52C-E8E0-48A1-B736-8EE3CF7EA05D@microsoft.com...
>I reinstalled Windows Messenger, thru ADD/REMOVE Windows Components, but when
> I click on msmsgs.exe, nothing happen. I did reboot and the same, How can I
> get it back. MSN MESSENGER, every time I want to see my messages on my
> Hotmail Account, the computer stop responding. Any help will be appreciated
> --
> Don

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