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Unable to uninstall MSN Messenger 5.0 properly

#1 User is offline   am304 

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Posted 03 August 2004 - 06:59 PM

Hi!!

I'm running win nt 4.0 and I have recently installed MSN Messenger 5.0. Unfortunately, I couldn't use because my proxy server won't let me so I uninstalled it using "add/remove programs" in the control panel. As far as I could tell, the uninstall process went fine. The problem is now every time I start my computer I get the following error message once I log on:

"Cannot find the file 'C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe' (or one of its components). Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available."

Has anybody had a similar problem and found a solution for it? I tried reinstalling it again and then unsintalling it again but that made no difference.

Many thanks in advance,

Arnaud
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Posted 03 August 2004 - 11:11 PM

Sounds like the uninstaller missed the startup entry in your registry. That entry is usually here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

if for some reason it is not listed there, try here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run


That should take care of that message for you.

Good Luck!

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Posted 04 August 2004 - 11:16 AM

Thanks a lot, that's done the trick!!

Cheers,

Arnaud
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