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Uninstall MSN Messenger for Windows XP, Part 2.5
Category: Windows
by Dennis Faas, infopackets editor
http://www.infopackets.com
My last attempt to show how to remove MSN Messenger from Windows XP appeared
to worked
fine for me, but I received emails from folks who
have MSN Messenger popping up in their face *still* whenever AOL is loaded
or
whenever there is an update.
 Death
to MSN Messenger
-- for good.Jeff R. sent me his
thoughts and a final solution to remove MSN Messenger from the
Windows
Registry:
" It appears
that your article is confusing Windows Messenger with MSN Messenger*.
These are both separate programs. Windows Messenger is the one that
installs with Windows XP.
* The "Windows Messenger" and the MSN Messenger icon look the same
in the Add / Remove Programs under Control Panel.
When MSN Messenger
is double clicked, simply un-checking the box next to “Run This Program at
Startup” does NOT prevent it from loading with Windows -- it just
loads without the user interface.
 In
fact, you will still see a box pop up when Messenger finds a newer version
available, which will show you that it was still running in the
background!
You didn’t think
Bill Gates would let you off THAT easy, did you?
If you REALLY want
to MSN Messenger once and for all, just do the following
registry edit:
- Click on
Start and select Run.
- Type Regedit
in the text box and click OK or press the Enter key.
- Click on the
Plus Sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
- Now click on
the plus next to Software, then Policies, and finally on Microsoft.
With Microsoft Folder highlighted, click on Edit on the menu bar at the
top of the Registry Editor window and select New, then Key.
- Type
"Messenger" (without the quotes) and press the Enter key.
- With
Messenger selected (highlighted) click Edit again, and click New and
then Key. Type "Client" (again without quotes) and click OK.
The Client key should nest below the Messenger key.
- With the
Client key highlighted, click Edit again and this time click DWORD
value.
- Type "PreventRun"
(no quotes) for this value and press the Enter key.
A new item will appear on the right side of the screen with the name
PreventRun and the type REG_WORD. Right-click PreventRun and select
Modify from the context menu.
- In the Value
Data field in the box that opens, change the existing "0" to a "1'
(again, no quotes) and click OK.
- Now close the
Registry Editor by clicking on the X in the upper right corner of the
Registry Editor window.
- Restart the
computer for the changes to take effect.
This solution
came from the “Lessons” section of
www.jefflevy.com.
- Jeff R. "
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Copyright 2003 | Dennis Faas, infopackets editor |
http://www.infopackets.com |Computer 411
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