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post Aug 22 2001, 07:48 AM
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From WinsuperSite's Windows XP Tips

It seems that a lot of people are interested in removing Windows Messenger for some reason, though I strongly recommend against this: In Windows XP, Windows Messenger will be the hub of your connection to the .NET world, and now that this feature is part of Windows, I think we're going to see a lot of .NET Passport-enabled Web sites appearing as well. But if you can't stand the little app, there are a couple of ways to get rid of it, and ensure that it doesn't pop up every time you boot into XP. The best way simply utilizes the previous tip:

If you'd like Windows Messenger to show up in the list of programs you can add and remove from Windows, navigate to C:WINDOWSinf (substituting the correct drive letter for your version of Windows) and open sysoc.inf (see the previous tip for more information about this file). You'll see a line that reads:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7

Change this to the following and Windows Messenger will appear in Add or Remove Programs, then Add/Remove Windows Components, then , and you can remove it for good:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,7
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post Jan 2 2002, 07:33 PM
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Here's the fastest way to remove... Windows Messenger.


Copy and paste this into run box

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%INFmsmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove


Thats It!
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post Dec 30 2003, 12:30 AM
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Here is a file to remove Windows Msgnr without having to copy/past.

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post May 31 2005, 06:52 AM
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QUOTE (Jackpot @ Jan 3 2002, 01:33 AM)
Here's the fastest way to remove... Windows Messenger.


Copy and paste this into run box

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%INFmsmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove


Thats It!
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RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
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post Oct 20 2007, 09:00 AM
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AAron,

Is this information the same for XP H/E SP-2? One added question: How would one go about just disabling MS-Messenger so it will not want to access the web?

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QUOTE (Aaron @ Aug 22 2001, 08:48 AM) *
From WinsuperSite's Windows XP Tips

It seems that a lot of people are interested in removing Windows Messenger for some reason, though I strongly recommend against this: In Windows XP, Windows Messenger will be the hub of your connection to the .NET world, and now that this feature is part of Windows, I think we're going to see a lot of .NET Passport-enabled Web sites appearing as well. But if you can't stand the little app, there are a couple of ways to get rid of it, and ensure that it doesn't pop up every time you boot into XP. The best way simply utilizes the previous tip:

If you'd like Windows Messenger to show up in the list of programs you can add and remove from Windows, navigate to C:WINDOWSinf (substituting the correct drive letter for your version of Windows) and open sysoc.inf (see the previous tip for more information about this file). You'll see a line that reads:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7

Change this to the following and Windows Messenger will appear in Add or Remove Programs, then Add/Remove Windows Components, then , and you can remove it for good:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,7
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post Feb 15 2008, 02:05 AM
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QUOTE (sonu27 @ May 31 2005, 02:52 PM) *
QUOTE (Jackpot @ Jan 3 2002, 01:33 AM)
Here's the fastest way to remove... Windows Messenger.


Copy and paste this into run box

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%INFmsmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove


Thats It!
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Isn't it:
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RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove




SONU, YOU ARE RIGHT. IT'S RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
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post Feb 15 2008, 02:29 AM
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old thread alert!
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post Apr 1 2008, 03:11 PM
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thank you
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post May 6 2008, 04:25 PM
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Dude! What windows messenger are we talking about??? The Windows Messenger appearing with that funny looking icon is NOT the same windows messenger that is used for chatting, IM'ing.

That is totally different.

As you can see from image below, the msmsgs does not refer to Windows Messenger used for instant messenging.

Attached File  messenger.PNG ( 22.86K ) Number of downloads: 15


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post Jul 4 2008, 06:32 PM
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I like having it, personally, but if you really don't want it, just don't install it to begin with. In your winnt.sif:

[Components]
msmsgs=off
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post Jul 10 2008, 06:10 PM
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This is even easier. Just download this little script, rename it to .vbs and run it.

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Attached File  xp_messenger_remove.exe ( 654bytes ) Number of downloads: 22
 
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post Aug 18 2008, 08:49 AM
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Just run this:
MsiExec.exe /x{C3A6819F-62D3-4750-AF1C-28206DDF2C2E}

we use that in our organization and it works
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