A funny way to install Win Messenger

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papasurf

All I do is start Adobe Acrobat and up comes the installer and Messenger 5
is installed. Never fails. Just try and stop it;)
 
Greetings,

The reason you're seeing this is because Adobe Acrobat uses the Windows Installer. When an
application that was installed using the Windows Installer is run, the Windows Installer will
'check' the applications presently installed -- if it finds something "wrong", it reinstalls
it, in this case, Windows Messenger 5.

To stop this you can use the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility.

First, download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/office2000pro/util20/1/NT4/EN-US/msicuu.exe

Run and install the program after you've downloaded it. After the setup is complete, click
Start, then Programs (All Programs if you're using XP), then Windows Install Clean Up.

Click Windows Messenger 5.0 and then click 'Remove'. Click 'OK' to the warning message that
comes up. Then this should no longer happen.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
 
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