How to uninstall windows messenger?

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Bill

When I bought my Dell Inspiron 8500 in April of this
year, Windows messenger 4.7 came with it. I didn't mind
having it, even though I never used it, but it has
recently been popping up often to tell me that a new
version is available. Is there some way to unstall the
whole thing? I went to the Control Panel to uninstall
it, but it isn't listed, so it must be part of another
program.

Bill
 
Take a look at Doug Knox's Website at this link for detailed instructions on
how to disable your Windows Messenger.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_messenger.htm

When you do this your Windows Messenger won't show up in your taskbar
anymore

However if you want to completely remove/uninstall Windows Messenger from
Windows XP can be found at this website made by Jonathan Kay.
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7

Follow the steps and the pictures that the website has and you shouldn't
have anymore problems. Uninstalling Windows Messenger can disable some of
the messenger features such as Whiteboard Sharing, and others on MSN
Messenger if you're using that.
 
Hey Bill,

Your solution is simple and very effective;

Go to: My Computer | C: Drive | Program Files

Now find the 'Messenger' folder and right click it then choose Rename; use
something you can remember or (anything your little heart desires) just as
long as it's not Messenger. After you've accomplished that just hit Enter.
Job done.

That's it! Messenger is now as dead as a door nail because Windows cannot
find the folder where it is supposed to be.
{Keep in mind that this is in no way related to the 'Messenger' service that
is by default Enabled on all WinXP installations, that is another matter}
 
Greetings Bill,

To fully remove Windows Messenger 4.x, close 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
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
 
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