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Unable to uninstall MSN 8 on Windows Xp
I'm running Windows Xp as my operating system. The problem is that i'm unable to uninstall MSN 8 from my system. Whenever i try to go in to control panel, in order to uninstall MSN 8 from my system, i can't see MSN 8 any where in the list. So, can any body tell me that how do i uninstall MSN 8 from my pc? Can any body tell em that which is the alternate way for uninstalling MSN 8 from my system? Does any body knows about it? Kindly help me out to resolve the above issue. Any kind of help on the above issue would be appreciated.

#2
25-05-2009

Jackson2
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 2,265
Re: Unable to uninstall MSN 8 on Windows Xp
You can try to find out the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger and try to delete it from your system.

#3
25-05-2009

johnson22
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 2,112
Re: Unable to uninstall MSN 8 on Windows Xp
The Windows Messenger Service is an unfortunately named component of Windows that cannot be uninstalled on your system. It has nothing to do with Instant Messaging, but it can be safely turned off. Just follow the below steps mention.
Just try to Right Click on My Computer
Then Click on Manage
Then try to Expand the Services & Applications node
Afterwards, Click on Services
Then try to Scroll down to find, and then try todouble click on Messenger
Then on the resulting dialog box, try to set the Startup Type to Disabled.
And at last Click on Stop to stop the service immediately.
Now the Windows Messenger Service will no longer will be seen on your system.

#4
25-05-2009

Trio
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 2,752
Re: Unable to uninstall MSN 8 on Windows Xp
To add this program to your Add/Remove Windows Components list, try to follow the below steps mention:

1) Open C:\WINDOWS\INF\SYSOC.INF on your Notepad or on your favorite text editor.
2) Then try to Locate the [Components] section.
3) Then you need to Change the following line:msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7

And it should be like this one:msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7

4) Now you can see Windows Messenger listed on your Program list, and now you can Add/remove the particular program from your Windows Components.