MSN message popup on desktop

How do I get rid of MSN popup message from my windows desktop every time I restart? It says something like this, "Do you want to clean up the settings? ". I am not quite sure exactly what it says, but every since I deleted MSN IM, it'd come up after every reboot. If I click yes, then the icons on desktop wouldn't show up and I'd have to go back to scanreg/restore (if I am lucky). So I always have to click no to prevent that. I tried regedit before and typed in "MSN" but ended up losing a few programs after deleting. Please help me. It is so annoying.

 

I would start with checking msconfig and see if any of the below items
are listed in the startup tab and uncheck them if they are, then reboot.
If the error message goes away then recheck them one at a time and
reboot after each and see which one gives you the error.
They are all related to MSN
Start > Run and type msconfig and press your Enter key.
loadqm.exe
MsgPlus.exe
msmsgs.exe
Msndc.exe
trayclnt.exe

If that doesn't work then it's Plan B

 

Thank you for the reply. However, they are not there in startup like you mentioned. I just looked. Now what?

 

Why can't it ever be the easy way !
I don't use MSN ...I knew those files were used to load various
functions of msn. I've also read that during the install process of
msn it runs a Personalizing settings routine which you probably
know already.
That was my best guess. Give it a few days for other members
to read your thread and reply. This board has many knowledgeable
members, someone should be able to help you.
Sorry I couldn't help you. I will follow your thread to see how it turns out.

 

its been a while

I have been messing around with gettin rid of this ANNOYING pop-up **** as well. One way I found to get around it is to do the following:

In your computer management console, open services. Look for a service called "Messenger ", and open the properties. Under the general tab, set start up type to disabled. The description of the service is:

"Transmits net send and Alerter service messages between clients and servers. This service is not related to Windows Messenger. If this service is stopped, Alerter messages will not be transmitted. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start. "

I checked dependencies on my machine, and there aren't any, so no one will miss this piece of ****. One word of caution, after I did this, it got rid of the messages, but I did have problems connecting to my home workgroup. Might not be related, but haven't figured out for sure.

Another thing I observed is that the only machine I get the pop-ups on is the machine I have running IIS, while all the machines on the network have the Messenger service running.

food for thought