Delete windows messenger service

Nothing above worked for me, but I figured out how to do it for myself. Click on Administrative Tools I assume that you have to be the Administrator to find this as an option. Find System Configuration in the list and click on it. Click Continue. When the box appears, click on the Startup Folder at the top. Scroll down till you see Windows Live Messenger it was at the bottom of my list. Uncheck it and and then click Apply at the bottom of the box. It will tell you that you need to restart your computer to apply this change.

Restart the computer and Goodbye Windows Messenger! Windows Messenger Service was removed for Vista and Windows 7 as a security precaution.

Hackers were utilizing it in malicious manners. Nthng like that is available. Comments violating those rules will be removed. Comments that don't add value will be removed, including off-topic or content-free comments, or comments that look even a little bit like spam. All comments containing links and certain keywords will be moderated before publication.

I want comments to be valuable for everyone, including those who come later and take the time to read. Search Ask Leo! Do this Subscribe to Confident Computing! I'll see you there! Could you please tell me how to do it,regards Suzette Reply.

Thanks Reply. This is not available in windows 7. Leave a reply: Before commenting please: Read the article. Comment on the article. No personal information. No spam. Technology with Confidence. You can do this! Gain more confidence with your technology by subscribing to my Confident Computing weekly email newsletter. I pressed Enter but it said I need to install windows live first for it to uninstall. Waaaaaa I feel like crying now! I unchecked Windows Messenger and clicked next. After it finishes…nothing happened.

Decided to manually remove windows live folder since I still see the folder in Local Disk C but its write protected. So I stupidly deleted one by one the components inside the folder. Well some of them are protected but some could be removed. So yea, I did that. Clicked on it again to remove it and heeeey it did! It said that urmm cant remember but something like its corrupted or some files are gone or something. Not sure what it said. And I thought its removed for good!

So I tried installing…but… -. Searched for websites that have ways to uninstall windows live messenger but still no luck.. I hope anyone please.. I love messenger and all I ever wanted was to make it run again so thats why I thought by uninstalling, it would refresh the services and it would be normal again but now its all a mess!

All the services including Live Safety, Hotmail etc etc are installed so it says.. And theres also no folder of windows live messenger and neither can I find msnmsgr at Run.

Im stucked with all these mess…its all up in the air! Pleeeease help.. I would appreciate it alot. Stupidly, I followed the advise of a friend and deleted the program from my Control Panel. What can I do to get Msn Messenger back??? Sounds like this is a major bug, because it has to be one. Whoo hooo!!

Lenn Dolling. I have the same problem. I have an older version of messenger on my computer. Tried to uninstall windows live and reinstall it and I get the same message all the time. My computer was defragmented yesterday so it should be working fine.

I like to add that my computer was formatted 2 days ago and not defragged, so there should be no problem really with installing or installing programs. I tried everything to get rid of windows live messenger and so did 2 techs from norton, but no good, until I came across your site and WOW!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge it is much appreciated.

If you are having difficulty re-installing windows live essentials after having removed it from your computer[xp or vista]it is because it was installed with the windows installer and this programme is telling the windows live installer that the programmes are still on your machine.

So ive done everything. Ive removed all content from programs and went into my registry to remove as much windows live things that i could find …But It seems no matter how much i remove more just keeps getting found. Its everywhere in my system and each time i get rid of a significant amount of things i try to re download an older version and it keeps saying ive got a new version still installed.

So i guess my question is what exact file name key ect should i be searching for in my registry to get rid of windows live forever! I went to my control panel and uninstalled the latest MSN messenger I had on there. It left the earlier version. It will not let me sign in. If you try it, I would appreciate a little feedback.

Leo I would recommend covering this tool as an alternative because it helped a lot of people already. Comments violating those rules will be removed.

Comments that don't add value will be removed, including off-topic or content-free comments, or comments that look even a little bit like spam. All comments containing links and certain keywords will be moderated before publication.

I want comments to be valuable for everyone, including those who come later and take the time to read. Search Ask Leo! How do I uninstall Windows Messenger? Do this Subscribe to Confident Computing! I'll see you there! Get a copy of WinPatrol Plus.. You can get rid of Windows Messenger forever. Great program… Reply. Can a buddy be taken off of my list? If so, how? Laurie: click on the buddy and press delete. Can i delete this email address? MSN Messenger is, and the article discussess that.

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