Two versions of Messenger running together

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An older version of Messenger and the latest 7.5 version are both starting
and running automatically on my PC. I have tried to remove the older version
and also to disable it from starting when Windows logs-on, but without
success. Whenever I run Outlook or Outlook Express (Office 2000), yet another
old version pops up.

Help!
 
Thank you, William.

I have checked the unwanted version of Messenger which is running - it is
version 4.7 and I have XP Home Edition. I followed the appropriate
instructions but the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client folder
already has the PreventRun DWORD value set to 1. Despite this, even if
Messenger v 7.5 is already running, Messenger v 4.7 runs as soon as I start
Outlook Express, although not now when I start Outlook.

Any further help you can offer me? Thanks
 
Greetings,

To stop this behavior, close Outlook Express, then download and run the following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/stopmessenger_oe.reg

After this, Messenger will no longer load with OE. Ever.

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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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I recently made the slight error of installing one version of xp over an
already running version. I thought i had deleted the old version but found
the screennames and documents are still in documents and settings however i
cannot get onto the old screen names as they do not come up on the start up
screen. i have tried creating new ones with the same name but this does not
work. If u know anyway in whick i can fix this please email me
(e-mail address removed). thanks
 
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