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Summary: Windows Messenger 4.7 can be removed, but since it's a part of Windows, it's in the Windows Components part of Add/Remove programs. How do I get rid of Messenger 4.7? I'll assume you mean Windows Messenger 4.7, not to be confused with MSN Messenger. To remove Windows Messenger, go to Control Panel, select Add or Remove Programs, select Add/Remove Windows Components, and uncheck Windows Messenger. For what it's worth, uninstalling might not be necessary. Consider configuring Windows Messenger not to start up when you log in. That's a simple checkbox in Windows Messenger's options. • Article 212 | Posted May 28, 2004 |
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The comment using the task manager strategy worked for me and it was fast and easy
Posted by: Randy at March 9, 2006 9:53 PMForget Microsoft. To remove it, do the following:
Click on Start>>My Computer or Control Panel>>Add or remove programs>>Then select Add/Remove Windows Components on the left hand side. Now uncheck Windows Messenger at the very bottom and select next.
Right, now to remove it. Click Start>>Run. Cut and paste the following command: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
IE and OE should also load a little faster.
Posted by: Steve at May 1, 2006 7:23 AMOn my friends computer i signed in under windows messenger and now every time she turns on her computer my computer signs out of msn and hers signs in under my name and were in different towns how so i stop her computer from signing in under my name so that mine here will stay signed in? i hate it when my msn is off cause this is the only way my family keeps in touch with me and if its signed out here im not usually home to sign back in and am missing any contact with my family
Posted by: Kealie-Ann at June 14, 2006 11:27 AMThis worked while running XP Pro!!! Nothing else did
Click on Start>>My Computer or Control Panel>>Add or remove programs>>Then select Add/Remove Windows Components on the left hand side. Now uncheck Windows Messenger at the very bottom and select next.
Right, now to remove it. Click Start>>Run. Cut and paste the following command: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
Thanks Steve!!
Posted by: dh at August 24, 2006 9:51 PMFunny. That's exactly what the article you just commented on says.
Posted by: Leo Notenboom at September 6, 2006 10:45 PMTo remove or uninstall the windows messenger, download the Remove Windows Messenger tool from http://www.diskdatarecovery.net/remove-windows-messenger
Posted by: Alex Stuart at November 9, 2006 8:34 AMThat tool is *unnecessary*. Please read the article above or visit this article: http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_uninstall_windows_messenger.html
You don't need to download anything to remove messenger.
Posted by: Leo Notenboom at November 9, 2006 9:39 AMI run Windows XP with out the service packs. I had Windows Messenger and this is how i got rid of it......MYCOMPUTER...C;DRIVE>>>PROGRAMS...right
click on the Windows Messenger icon AND chose properties to make sure it was an application i first deleted the application because if you try to delete the file first the computer will tell you that other programs are using Windows Messenger. I wiped the App. from trash and then deleted the folder and wiped it from the trash also all done!!!try it it might work for you!!
Posted by: hiteckcleadus at July 19, 2005 03:36 PM
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THIS WORKED FOR ME...
Posted by: mbl12pk at September 11, 2007 3:56 PMThanks hiteckcleadus
Someone set up a Windows messenger account on my PC with his login name as default. I can't get rid of it and I cannot get rid of his dropdown login either, despite following your instructions to the letter. The Add/Remove Windows components button just hasn't worked. In any case, I don't necessarily want to get rid of Messenger; I just want to get rid of his account everytime I open Messenger up. How do I do that? Any ideas.
Posted by: Richard Field at October 17, 2007 1:57 PMEven though the other methods listed here WILL work, it's more effort than what is necessary. WHAT is necessary is exactly what Leo listed at first. Go to ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS, ADD/REMOVE WINDOWS COMPONENTS, and clear the check box beside Windows Messenger. Click OK, and after it runs it's little marathon, Messenger is all gone!
Posted by: Mike at June 11, 2008 4:17 PM