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10-18-2009
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| | How Do I Stop Messenger From Starting With Hotmail? I'm using IE8 and Windows XP. I would like to stop Windows Live Messenger from auto starting when I sign in to Hotmail. I read about deleting the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F3A614DC-ABE0-11d2-A441-00C04F795683 key but it didn't work, Messenger still popped up in my taskbar. I have a program I got from a Microsoft MVP site called stopmessenger. It worked on IE6 and Windows 2000. Should I try this again or is there another method? Thanks. -- DaffyDŽ ( : []= If I knew where I was I'd be there now. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4520 (20091018) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com |
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10-19-2009
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| | Re: How Do I Stop Messenger From Starting With Hotmail? I found the answer on Google. "DaffyDŽ" <daffyd@newsgroup> wrote in message news:eVa%23v9CUKHA.4004@newsgroup Quote: > I'm using IE8 and Windows XP. I would like to stop Windows Live Messenger > from auto starting when I sign in to Hotmail. I read about deleting the > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F3A614DC-ABE0-11d2-A441-00C04F795683 key but it > didn't work, Messenger still popped up in my taskbar. I have a program I > got from a Microsoft MVP site called stopmessenger. It worked on IE6 and > Windows 2000. Should I try this again or is there another method? Thanks. > -- > DaffyDŽ ( : []= > > If I knew where I was I'd be there now. > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4520 (20091018) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4520 (20091018) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com |
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10-19-2009
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| | Re: How Do I Stop Messenger From Starting With Hotmail? Greetings Daffy, The GUID changes with every version (with minor exceptions). However, deleting the key is a bad idea and totally not necessary. To disable Messenger integration in IE, open up Internet Explorer and choose the Tools menu. Then choose Manage Add-ons. Show the entries that run without permission and the specific entry you'll want to disable is "Windows Live", which corresponds to the \Program Files\Windows Live\msgsc.14.0.8089.0726.dll file and CLSID/Class ID is {4F07F79F-087F-42CF-8B36-7A88D06088E9}. You may need to show the various columns to find the exact one (there will be multiple 'Windows Live' entries). 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). One of these days I'll write up a utility that'll just take care of this automatically. -- 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 -- "DaffyDŽ" <daffyd@newsgroup> wrote in message news:eVa#v9CUKHA.4004@newsgroup Quote: > I'm using IE8 and Windows XP. I would like to stop Windows Live Messenger from auto > starting when I sign in to Hotmail. I read about deleting the > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F3A614DC-ABE0-11d2-A441-00C04F795683 key but it didn't work, > Messenger still popped up in my taskbar. I have a program I got from a Microsoft MVP site > called stopmessenger. It worked on IE6 and Windows 2000. Should I try this again or is > there another method? Thanks. > -- > DaffyDŽ ( : []= > > If I knew where I was I'd be there now. > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4520 > (20091018) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > |
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