Vista - Live Messenger keeps launching

Hi,

Is there a setting (I've looked but can't find one) that turns off Live
Messenger so that when I go to SkyDrive or Live Calender keeps Live Messenger
from launching in the systray? It doesn't sign me in, which is fine.

I've looked on Live Messenger's Options but can't find one. I unchecked
launch the client when I log in to Windows, connect to the Internet, but
nothing. I am logged in to Windows Live Mail (email-client) but I don't know
if that's might be it?
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cirrus minor

Greetings Cirrus,

Yes you can, but it's not a direct option and not easy to find.

To get there, open up Internet Explorer and choose the Tools menu. Then if you're using IE7,
choose Manage Add-ons and Enable or Disable Add-ons. If you're using IE8, just choose Manage
Add-ons.

Show the entries that run without requiring permission and the specific entry you'll want to
disable is "Windows Live", which corresponds to the \Program Files\Windows
Live\msgsc.14.0.8050.1202.dll file and CLSID/Class ID is
{E1771B7F-98BE-407F-BA67-AA16ADA5D0C5}. You may need to show the various columns to find the
exact one (there will be multiple 'Windows Live' entries). In IE8 you can also double-click
each entry for the full information to show.

After you've found it, choose the button to Disable it and Messenger will no longer be
started by any Microsoft websites. Be aware however that if/when Messenger is updated, this
will be need to be done again (and will be a different file and CLSID).

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"cirrus minor" <cirrusminor@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Jonathan,

Thanks for the reply :-) I found an "Windows Live" entry with some of the
info in your reply but the "msgsc" (sorry, I don't know what that is) number
differs. "{E1771B7F-98BE-407F-BA67-AA16ADA5D0C5}" is the same but
"msgsc.14.0.8050.1202" is "msgsc.14.0.8064.0206" on my machine.

Does this matter?

Thanks again for the reply.

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cirrus minor


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

Hi,

Nope, you've got it and if you had chosen the wrong one, it wouldn't matter as this won't
really break anything.

Sorry about that, I forgot about the last small update to Messenger which boosted the version
number.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"cirrus minor" <cirrusminor@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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msonfig then uncheck

Hi Jonathan,

Thank you very much! It worked :-) I disabled the Add-ons entry you told me
about, close and relaunched IE8 then went to SkyDrive, LiveCal and for good
measure the Windows Live team blog and in all three sites, I got a balloon
popup telling me that an add-on was trying to access the site. Live Messenger
did not launch in the systray.

Thanks you, your assistance is greatly appreciated!

Sterling

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cirrus minor


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

Hi Jonathan,

Thank you very much! It worked :-) I disabled the Add-ons entry you told me
about, close and relaunched IE8 then went to SkyDrive, LiveCal and for good
measure the Windows Live team blog and in all three sites, I got a balloon
popup telling me that an add-on was trying to access the site. Live Messenger
did not launch in the systray.

Thanks you, your assistance is greatly appreciated!

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cirrus minor


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

Hi,

Thanks for your suggestion. I have tried msconfig before but then got a
prompt everytime I booted saying that I was running Windows in diagsnose mode.

Much appreciated.
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cirrus minor


"jblim1980" wrote:

Hi,

You can't use msconfig with Messenger anyway, it will just come back. You have to turn it
off from its own Options menu, Autoruns, or edit the registry yourself.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"cirrus minor" <cirrusminor@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

Sure thing

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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