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Old 10-24-2002, 03:48 AM
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Remove Windows Messenger in XP

Can you tell me how to Remove Windows Messenger in XP?
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Old 10-26-2002, 05:58 AM
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Hi
Try this
to remove Windows Messenger manually, click Start, Run and enter the following command:
Copy and paste this in to the Run box

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
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Old 10-26-2002, 06:02 AM
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Old 10-26-2002, 09:45 AM
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i have a batch file, which when run, will remove messenger
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Old 10-31-2002, 04:51 AM
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Correct me if i'am wrong but don't you just uninstall Messenger using the Add/Remove Programs button in Control Panel. Then go to Windows Components?
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Old 10-31-2002, 12:52 PM
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it does not show in add/remove. the only way to remove it is via the regstry
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Old 11-03-2002, 11:25 AM
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Try this if you are using XP;

Go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, by default none of Windows XP's 'built in' programs are visible. it's fairly easy to change, though... just open the file X:\Windows\inf\sysoc.inf (where X: is the drive letter where Windows XP is installed) in Notepad. You should see a section of the file something like this:

[Components]
NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4
WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7
Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7
Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7
NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7
iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7
com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7
dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7
IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7
TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2
msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6
ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7
fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp4 0ext.inf,,7
AutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,au.inf,hide,7
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7
IEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,ieaccess.inf,,7

This is a list of all components installed at the moment. I've taken the example of MSN Messenger - the program entry called 'msmsgs', third-last line. You can see the word 'hide' highlighted - this is the string which tells Windows not to display the component in the Add/Remove Programs list. Fix this up by simply deleting the word 'hide' like so:

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

To this:

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

Now, after restarting, you should be able to see MSN Messenger in the Add/Remove Programs list. If you want to be able to quickly view and remove all components, simply open the sysoc.inf file and do a global find and replace for the word ",hide" and replace it with a single comma ",".
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Old 11-13-2002, 04:59 PM
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Jfactor01,

I have to say that truly is one of the best tweaks I've seen for XP. So they had them hidden all this time... Can't wait to get home tonight and see what the defaults are in my PC.

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Old 12-03-2002, 12:38 PM
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Angry Jfactor01 fix

Jfactor01,
Tried your fix and it still did not show up. In fact I found two copies of sysoc.inf, one in a service pack folder that is a sub in the Windows (WINNT on my computer) folderand another in an "inf" folder that is a sub of Windows. Double checked to see if I did it correctly and did. After reboot could not find Messenger in the Add/Remove list and the "inf" folder no longer exists. Weird. I have even disabled Messenger in the "services" area of Control Panel. The thing will just not go away.
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Old 12-06-2002, 12:21 AM
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re: removal of messenger

This site has some good information on removing messenger.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/messenger_removal.htm
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Old 12-08-2002, 08:37 PM
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At least now if you install Windows XP Service Pack 1, you can deny windows having access to Messenger. Then it will never popup again.
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Old 12-12-2002, 05:37 AM
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Great tip. Worked extremely well. Now, I have a question on how to do the reverse. I would like to hide from my users the service pack installs and hotfixes from the add/remove program manager. Any help on the syntax to add to the sysoc.inf file would be appreciated.
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Old 12-12-2002, 07:50 AM
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Well, I don't know what c:\windows\inf\sysoc.inf is used for

If you choose not to archive during Service Pack 1, meaning you can't uninstall it, then it will not be in Add/Remove Programs

I remember the old Win9x TweakUI had a nice tool to remove entries in add/remove without removing the software.

I installed TweakUI for XP

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp

But it has no such panel. And it seems in TweakUI you can pick which items show in the control panel, but Add/Remove is not one you can toggle off and on.

So after all that, I don't really have a solution for you as of yet.

If your 'user's are just users and not administrators, then at least they can't uninstall any of those hotfixes.

I will have to mess around with the different user groups to see what they can and can't do. I am not sure what users can turn messenger back on in SP1 and not.
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Old 11-30-2006, 07:53 PM
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well the way i get rid of it is go into task manager kill the messenger process, then delete the files
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Old 04-11-2008, 07:49 AM
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Remove Messenger

Try this

Code:
> Start > Run > RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
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