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Hello- I have checked other post on this subject but when I tried the following 'run' presented nothing:To get rid of MS Messenger completely, go to Start>Run and type in (or copy and paste from here):
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
Click OK.
Any other suggestions to completely remove this **** from my computer? I don't use it and never will.
Thanks.
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Okay- Sorry-Hello- I have checked other post on this subject but when I tried the following 'run' presented nothing:To get rid of MS Messenger completely, go to Start>Run and type in (or copy and paste from here):
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
Click OK.
Any other suggestions to completely remove this **** from my computer? I don't use it and never will.
It's possible to completly remove by , click Start, run & put this command in the empty line :
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
Yes, I understand that------- my problem is that when I copy and paste or type that information in:start, run and then click ok- the run program does not respond to the command it just goes away and nothing else happens.
Sorry there is nothing in add/remove programs. The only place I find anything regarding MSN messenger is in c drive, programs files, messenger. When I try to delete that folder on content it tells me I can't.
The one located at Program Files\messenger is Windows messenger. Different animal as you know. I got rid of my MSN Messenger but I'm pretty sure I did it in a dos session. I run FAT32 and it's no problem dealing with things like that.
I'm sorry, I can't help you. It seems you have fought the good fight and tried all that is supposed to work to no avail. You might send a message to Jonathan Kay since he offers to help with problems on his site.
I am a little confused with which messenger as the cmd above will remove Windows Messenger MSN is downloaded and installed independently Sorry if I have totally misunderstood
If it is Windows messenger (and not MSN which should appear in the general Add/Remove)
Quote:
If for some reason this doesn't work for you, try this:
1) Open a file named sysoc.inf with Notepad or another text editor. This file can be found in a folder named INF, which is a subfolder of the Windows folder (or in some cases the winnt folder, depending on how your OS was installed).
2) Look for the following line:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
and remove the word "hide" while leaving the commas on place. Close and save the file.
3) Now open the Add/Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel, (Windows components) and you will be able to remove Windows Messenger like any other program.
...... impossible to read!
