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How to remove the Windows Messenger from Windows

Here two ways; you may remove Windows messenger from the system or just prevent it from start.

The windows messenger will not appears in the "Add/Remove programs" menu, it's hidden. To unhide the windows messenger please do the next steps:

1. Open the file C:\WINDOWS\INF\SYSOC.INF in the any text editor, such as Notepad.

2. Find the line: msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7

3. Delete hide,, result should be: msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,7

4. Save this file ( with the same name ).

Now you can uninstall Windows messenger from an Add/Remove programs.

If you have difficulties with this advanced operations, just download this file uninstall-windows-messenger.cmd and double click on it to execute. The windows messenger will be removed.

To install the Windows messenger again, you should download it from an Microsoft website and install it.

How to prevent the Windows Messenger from running with Windows

1. Open the Windows Messegner and select the Tools menu.

2. Open the Options in the Tools menu, the Windows messenger options will appears.

3. Please uncheck the following items:

Run Windows messenger when windows starts
Allow windows messenger to run in background

Also the windows messenger may starts when you run Outlook Express. Please follow the instructions to disable it.

1. Open the Outlook Express, and select the Tools menu.

2. Open the Options in the Tools menu, the Outlook express options will appears.

windopws messenger in outlook express options

3. Please uncheck the following items:

Automatically log on to Windows Messenger

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