Uninstalling Windows Messenger

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Ray

I'm running XP Home Edition SP1. I'm trying to uninstall
Messenger. Everytime I start Outlook Express it puts the
icon in the start tray. I've tried several things to no
avail:

1. Control Panel - uninstalled it
2. Changed Outlook Express option to not start it
3. Tried suggestion offered in article 302089 on how to
keep it from running

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Ray
 
Prevent "Windows Messenger" from automatically running
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_messenger_autorun.htm

Note: Disable your antivirus program before running this script.


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I'm running XP Home Edition SP1. I'm trying to uninstall
| Messenger. Everytime I start Outlook Express it puts the
| icon in the start tray. I've tried several things to no
| avail:
|
| 1. Control Panel - uninstalled it
| 2. Changed Outlook Express option to not start it
| 3. Tried suggestion offered in article 302089 on how to
| keep it from running
|
| Any suggestions would be appreciated.
|
| Ray
 
-----Original Message-----
I'm running XP Home Edition SP1. I'm trying to uninstall
Messenger. Everytime I start Outlook Express it puts the
icon in the start tray. I've tried several things to no
avail:

1. Control Panel - uninstalled it
2. Changed Outlook Express option to not start it
3. Tried suggestion offered in article 302089 on how to
keep it from running

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Ray
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Hi,
there
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_oe.htm#xp_oe_messenger
you can find this

Slow loading of Outlook Express when Messenger is disabled


Start/Run/Regedit



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541}\InProcServer32



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541}\LocalServer32



For both, in the right pane, right click Default/Modify/Delete the value data.



Disable Messenger and Speedup Outlook Express


There are various ways of disabling Windows Messenger from automatically starting, but they all have some drawbacks. Until now. Namely, if you disable Messenger, OE takes forever to load if you have the Contacts pane enabled.



Go to: Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express



Add a New, DWord value called Hide Messenger and set the value to 2.

(This step is required to prevent a long delay when opening OE with the Contacts pane enabled).





Ferengi
 
Disable/Remove Messenger - Utility by MVP Doug Knox.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_mess_disable.htm

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Regards,
Ramesh [MS-MVP]
Aim: SRamesh2k
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


I'm running XP Home Edition SP1. I'm trying to uninstall
Messenger. Everytime I start Outlook Express it puts the
icon in the start tray. I've tried several things to no
avail:

1. Control Panel - uninstalled it
2. Changed Outlook Express option to not start it
3. Tried suggestion offered in article 302089 on how to
keep it from running

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Ray
 
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