Re: remove windows messenger from startup

Sure thing.

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"soreub" <soreub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you Jonathan. I will do this later. If I have any problem, I'll get
back to you.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

Greetings,

Actually, you cannot use msconfig to remove Messenger, it will simply add itself back and
startup again anyway.

Instead, just open up the main Messenger window (click Start, then Run, type "msmsgs" and
click OK to get it up fast), then click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run
this
Program when Windows starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on
version) as well as 'Allow this program to run in the background' or 'Allow Windows
Messenger
to run in the background' (depending on version). Then click OK, right-click the
Messenger
icon in the notification area (near the clock) and choose Exit. It shouldn't start with
your
computer again.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
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"soreub" <soreub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Everytime I turn on my computer, windows messenger dialogue box opens. I
don't want it to. I know I'm supposed to do run-misconfig-startup and remove
it, but I can't figure which one is it in the line up. I don't want to
remove something important.




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