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

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!

Here is a file to remove Windows Msgnr without having to copy/past.

Remove Windows Messenger

Vaughaag

Isn't it:

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?

Thank you for reading my PosterToaster,

SONU, YOU ARE RIGHT. IT'S RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

old thread alert!

thank you

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.

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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

This is even easier. Just download this little script, rename it to .vbs and run it.

Just run this:
MsiExec.exe /x{C3A6819F-62D3-4750-AF1C-28206DDF2C2E}

we use that in our organization and it works

the "funny icon" entry will just remove the shortcuts, not the app.

Actually that is just a MS bug, it shouldnt show twice but it does, as for icon differences, that's also a bug, but a bug in the bug. This isnt a joke btw.