It’s not that difficult to remove the pesky little pile-on of a software: MSN Messenger!
Let us keep it simple. First, make sure you have exited MSN messenger and unsinstalled any MSN Messenger related entry from Control Panel (START –> CONTROL PANEL –> ADD OR REMOVE PROGRAMS).
Then, START –> RUN the following command:
Done. That should remove it. If it doesn’t, check some more round-about and cumbersome ways from Microsoft that involve the Windows registry.
[Thanks to user "Jojje" below, comment #61] How to delete all the email addresses (.Net passport accounts) stored in MSN messenger login
. This can be very simply achieved by doing the following:
(1) In Start –> Run, enter:
(2) In the “Advanced Tab” look for “Manage Passwords”, which takes care of all the .Net passport passwords on your machine. You can also change the setting to not save any from this point on. Read this useful comment below (August 2005) for a solution that also works.
To disable the storage of these passwords altogether, follow the handy instructions here: WinGuides instructions.
[Thanks to Jessica below, comment #185] If you’re getting the pesky “Signing into MSN messenger failed because the service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later 800b0001″ error, then follow these steps:
Open start menu and click RUN. Then individually type in the codes below and press Enter:
regsvr32 Mssip32.dl
regsvr32 Initpki.dll [may take ~30 seconds, don't worry]
After executing these commands one by one, it should work.
This is usually because of a firewall preventing your MSN from connecting to the Internet, even before sign-on process begins. Make sure your firewall (Zone Alarm, Norton anti-virus package, etc) are allowing MSN Messenger.
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The solution……I’m so happy!!
Delete msnapps.exe and msnappm.exe in the Save Modus (F8) and then…the Alerts are gone…….I’m Sooooo Happyy!!
these 2 can you find (by us) at C:WINDOWS
I am positive that this solution has been written several times, but not as detailed, this is a step, by step highly detailed version for every1 who needs it troughly explained.
If you want to MSN Messenger once and for all, just do the following registry edit: Click on Start and select Run; Type Regedit in the text box and click OK or press the Enter key. Next, click on the Plus Sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
Now click on the plus next to Software, then Policies, and finally on Microsoft. With Microsoft Folder highlighted, click on Edit on the menu bar at the top of the Registry Editor window and select New, then Key. Type “Messenger” (without the quotes) and press the Enter key.
With Messenger selected (highlighted) click Edit again, and click New and then Key. Type “Client” (again without quotes) and click OK. The Client key should nest below the Messenger key. With the Client key highlighted, click Edit again and this time click DWORD value. Following that, type “PreventRun” (no quotes) for this value and press the Enter key. A new item will appear on the right side of the screen with the name PreventRun and the type REG_WORD. Right-click PreventRun and select Modify from the context menu.
In the Value Data field in the box that opens, change the existing “0″ to a “1′ (again, no quotes) and click OK. Now close the Registry Editor by clicking on the X in the upper right corner of the Registry Editor window. Restart the computer for the changes to take effect. PS: This solution came from the ?Lessons? section of http://www.jefflevy.com. “
My instructions above of course are to delete MSN entirely from your computer. The first scentence of my paragraph seems as if it is to install it, which isnt the case, my apologies…
My MSN keeps signing me out, and it all of a sudden deleted all my display pictures which I dont have saved on my computer. What do I do to get them back and how do I stop msn from signing me out?
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT MY SISTER AND I CAN BE ON MSN AT THE SAME TIME??? can we install a different version that allows two accounts to be logged on at the same time…because it is frustrating having the two of us wanting to use msn at the same time… any HELP here would be VERY much APPRECIATED!!!
yeah you both can be on…except one of you have to be on MSN Messenger and one will have to be on windows base version called Windows Messenger. search the net for it. if you cant find it, you can get on a web site that has a web version of MSN called E-messenger. the site for it is http://www.e-messenger.net.
I have installed msn messenger version 7, when i try to sign in, my system gets hangged up and after some time it gives not reponding.
kindly get me some suggestions to rectify it.
It is very urgent kindly get me some solutions for the problem immediately
I have the ”emoticons plus register” problem too, but my sister used msn emoticons plus under Windows Xp and reboot in safe mode… this is what I cannot do… or i dunno how.
I am currently running Windows 98 and on dial up …11.4 GB free and 256 MB…Version 7 on msn…QUESTION…does any one know why MSN is freezing when more than once person talks to me at a time and how to solve the problem?
I have lost my windows xp password and it is not letting me login I have the admin password, but when I log in as admin for my user id the password says incorrect
A good program to get into your windows xp machine is ERD commander, it has a lock smith program that will allow you to change the password of the account so you can log in. It’s just a bootable cd, there’s no real challenge with it.. hope it helps you.
Without deleting MSN Instant Messanger completely, how do you delete MSN Instant Messanger Log Files forever from the computer and if necessary your MSN files?
Shiela, Windows 98′s time is up. I am surprised it is only giving you one problem. I would think about upgrading to XP.
Charmaine, this article is about MSN messenger. You seem to be talking about administrator password for Windows XP itself. You’ll find more help elsewhere on this site.
JTB, thanks for the info.
J Witt, you can delete the log files from whatever location you are saving your chat logs. Check in “Options” where you store them.
I’ve been having issues with my msn. Sometimes it seems to auto scroll down to the bottom on me when I’m trying to scroll back through the convo to see what has been said. espically if I’m sending a file and I’d like to check the progress of it. it’s just a pain.
Thanks again
i cant get rid of msn content plus.i have tried everything.a pop up keeps asking me to regester.help
HI…I installed MSN Messenger 7.0 recently and thought that it would update my older version, 4.7. Well, now I have both versions on my system, and I only want to use one. When I go to Add or Remove Programs only Version 7.0 is showing up.
How do I uninstall the older version but keep Version 7.0 on my system?
Any help would be greatly appreciated….thanks
Ketch, if you can, uninstall both MSN versions, and use something like Trillian to access all your instant messenger accounts like msn, yahoo, icq, aol, irc – all in one interface. It’s a non-intrusive software, and very decent looking.
Shashank…….thanks for the advice……didn’t know about Trillian. I’ll download and go throught that. Thanks so much! I appreciate it.
I keep getting Error Startin Program
The MSNAPPAU.EXE file is linked to missing export ADVAP32.DLL. Converted Sting Security Descriptor to Security DescriptorW
Can you Help
Keith, shut down your Outlook Express before you try to delete MSN. Let us know if that works.
I have installed the trial version of msn content plus and then I deleted everything but the pop registry keeps coming up saying the trail period is over so I need to remove everything or pay..I thought I had removed everything. This pop up comes up continually and drives a person nuts as well as it is affecting msn messenger as I can’t open it even though I am signed in. Please help!
By the way Shasshank, I download the remove exe from one of your postings..the one for msncontent plus emotions but it didn’t work for this particular problem so I am hoping that you have another solution and can help me out of this maddness. By the way, I don’t know my way around my computer very well but hopefully you have an easy solutions. Thank you in advance for your help! Please, do help!