Re: Uninstalling everything MSN

From: Jonathan Kay [MVP] (msnewsreplies_at_jonathankay.com)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 08:16:09 -0800

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.

However, if you don't use this functionality that would be disabled by removing Messenger,
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
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
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"Thrillhouse" <rohrbakn@jmu.edu> wrote in message
news:2d92d3e2816372e7be5e624f68524389@localhost.talkaboutsoftware.com...
> My computer came with MSN and all of its components and I'm trying to
> uninstall all of it but you can't simply do it through "Add/Remove
> Programs" in the Control Panel. I tried to click on the "Add/Remove
> Windows Components" tab and it listed MSN as one of those things but would
> not let me uninstall it. Is there any way of getting it off of my machine
> or is this just Microsoft's way of pissing me off? Thanks for the help.
>