msn

[blueeyedlass]

i updated my msn to the newer version the other day but my old one is still there and signing in , i tried to remove it from the programs in the control panel but only the new one is showing up so i gathered that it just kinda over rides the old one , but i still have the msn icon on my bottom toolbar and i cant seem to find away of deleting it ??
can anyone advise me please ?

[Kerplunk]

Remove all versions of it from control panel then re-install the new one. Or in the options of the old one stop it from autmatically oading when windows starts. Or run msconfig and stop it from starting in there.

[Gill 05]

Hi bel if all else fails, do what I do, and get a man in lol

[wendilla]

no need to get a man in .people as above and a few more have managed to help me out of many a fix. I always read this answer bank and thanks to all that reply

[commoner]

HI.........I had the same problem and still not totally cracked it...from my searches of the web I was advised NOT to try to get rid of it as problems can occur and you could end up with no working MSN...better to try to work round it as Kerplunk suggests or just learn to live with it....commoner.

[commoner]

One page I found but never tried it......

http://www.computerlynx.net/remove_messenger.htm

...if you do manage it......let us all know please....commoner

[Ralph]

There's two different types of Messenger, MSN Messenger which is the flashy one that you've just installed/updated, and there's plain ordinary Messenger. I don't believe it's a good idea to get rid of messenger as it's fairly well interwoven with Windows. You can, however, prevent it from starting.

If you click Start... Run... and type "msconfig" without the quotes and click OK, a box will appear. On the Startup tab, there should be 2 entries, one for MSN Messenger and one for Messenger. Uncheck the box beside Messenger, then click OK until the box goes. After you reboot, you'll only have the new MSN Messenger running.

I think messenger will run again if you start up Outlook Express, but I'll have to check on that. Good luck, it's easy!

[commoner]

Hi Ralph...easy you say?...there are no entries at all either for Windows Messenger (which is the one that comes with Windows) or for the MSN Messenger which is the new one..........not so easy to move it ..you can disable it using the link I gave above or even by renaming the Messenger folder in C/Windows folder to Messengerdisable or something like that....but there is always something that bugs you........pop up messages saying you are "signed out of another computer" and irritating things like that.......it really is deeply integrated into Windows.......I have it just learned to accept it....commoner.

[Ralph]

Sorry commoner, should have been easy, I was on Windows 2000 at work when I wrote that, so I couldn't check 'cos it doesn't have msconfig. The entries on the startup tab are MSMSGS and MsnMsgr. The first one is the one you want to disable while the second one is the good one.

One small free program I recommend is StartupCPL from http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml which adds an entry to the Control Panel. When you start it up, it shows you everything that starts up when your computer boots and lets you disable it. Both the Messenger's are in there on the HKCU/Run tab.

[commoner]

...Thanks for that Ralph...they still don't show under the start up tab though..I'll check out the SCP..looks interesting......commoner

[Kerplunk]

Remove the version of messenger that comes with windows (If that is the problem) through control panel. Add / Remove Programs. Goto Add / Remove windows components untick windows messenger then click next.

[blueeyedlass]

hey thanks for all your answers guys , it now seems to have stopped appearing on the bottom toolbar and only signs up when i click on the msn button so i,ll just leave it alone . thanks again

[commoner]

Kerplunk .....It does not appear on that Windows component list by default......THAT is the problem...it is hidden. It can be "unhidden" by carefully following the instructions in the link I gave............by removing the relevent hide text in the sysoc.inf file.........it then magically appears in the Windows Components section of Add/Remove Programs.and you can then uncheck it.

This doesn't actually remove it....merely stops it working.

[Kerplunk]

I haven't done anything special and it is in my list. Anyway I was answering blueeyedlass's question wasn't I?