msn/windows messenger problems

[Play_The_0dds]

if you have windows messenger and msn messenger both trying to run at the same time, one signs the other out, even if you think you logged off it still is running in the background(windows messenger) and just want the new msn6 . go to add remove programs, remove msn6 messenger, then click add remove windows components take the check out of windows messenger, click next then finish, now download the new msn messenger, if you dont all ready have the installer,
http://messenger.msn.com/
before you install, go to C: program files\messenger and delete or rename the entire folder, reboot, now after rebooting if you get a error just click it off, and install msn6, reboot again. works fine, any other method i have tried has not worked, as soon as you open outlook,ol express, or any other app. that uses windows messenger brings it right back if not done this way.maybe other ways, but i am not aware of them, even disabling its services key does not stop the windows messenger totally.

[EBGIRL]

I had the same problem with the new msn6. Does anyone know if MSN6.1 has fixed this? It seems like a major flaw to me, and they should fix it!

If there is a flaw in the instalation program a cleaner way to install ver. 6.1 is to uninstall the older version first. Perhaps even deleting the directory if necessary? And then installing ver 6.1?

Does anyone want to review the 6.1 and this problem? And Thanks!

[Eddie_Perez]

A much simpler way of doing this is... go to:


Start>RUN>Type in the following command without quotes " RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove "

and bam, uninstalled...