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Uninstall and Remove MSN messenger
Hi

i have been trying uninstall msn messenger,But i didn't found it in ADD/ remove programs so just decided to delete directly from the program files , i thought this would work but now as i'm trying to install the the Msn messenger 8.5 , installation says me "version you are trying to install is older than the version you have now,". Now what do i do? i'm stuck fully that i can't uninstall and install msn messenger?

Please help me. Thank you.

#2
18-03-2009

Navman
Member

Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 210
Re: Uninstall and Remove MSN messenger
There is a couple ways to uninstall MSN Messenger. One way is too run this command from Start | Run.

Code:
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

#3
18-03-2009

Raiz
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,109
Re: Uninstall and Remove MSN messenger
Have look at this thread : How to remove or uninstall Windows Messenger from Windows XP
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#4
18-03-2009

SeCTor 1
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 178
Re: Uninstall and Remove MSN messenger
However, it does not appear from the Add/Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel. In order for it to show up there, you must first edit the file named sysoc.inf. This file can be found in a folder named INF, which is a subfolder of the Windows folder (or in some cases the winnt folder, depending on how your OS was installed).

You can open that file in notepad. Look for the following line:
Quote:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
and remove the word "hide" while leaving the commas on place. Close and save the file, and then open the Add/Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel, so that you can remove it like any other program."