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How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« on: August 17, 2005, 09:57:56 am »
Its not listed in the add/remove programs and has no uninstall shortcut. (I accepted its install some time ago as a necessary component of the MSN gaming zone to help my nephew out... The MSN explorer did not uninstall with the MSN Gaming Zone)

This is ticking me off good!  >:( 

(I thought Clark might appreciate the irony of this...)
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2005, 10:03:18 am »
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2005, 10:08:48 am »
Have you tried this bonk?

Some people do not want to use MSN Messenger for chatting and would like to remove it from their computers. With Windows XP, this is not always so easy.

Also, with MSN installed and enabled, new XP users may find themselves annoyed with those horrible popups for various advertisements which tell them to "click here to remove these ads". Well, most of us are afraid to "click here" because we fear we will be added to some advertising database and swamped with S P A M (and rightly so).

So, here are two tips: One to get rid of Messenger completely and the other to keep Messenger but get rid of those annoying popups (which come from those nice people at Microsoft Messenger, believe it or not):


Uninstalling MSN Messenger Completely

This one comes from About.com:
"I know it sounds hard to believe, but some of you out there may wish to remove MSN Messenger from Windows XP. 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:
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."


To Get Rid of the Annoying PopUp Ads:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel (or point to Settings, and then click Control Panel).
2. Double-click Administrative Tools.
3. Double-click Services.
4. Double-click Messenger.
5. In the Startup type list, click Disabled.
6. Click Stop, and then click OK.

/contributed by whoozhe

http://www.help2go.com/article135.html

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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2005, 10:10:31 am »
Quote from: Stephen, AKA Sirgodhand Jr. on August 17, 2005, 10:08:48 am
Have you tried this bonk?

Some people do not want to use MSN Messenger for chatting and would like to remove it from their computers. With Windows XP, this is not always so easy.

Also, with MSN installed and enabled, new XP users may find themselves annoyed with those horrible popups for various advertisements which tell them to "click here to remove these ads". Well, most of us are afraid to "click here" because we fear we will be added to some advertising database and swamped with S P A M (and rightly so).

So, here are two tips: One to get rid of Messenger completely and the other to keep Messenger but get rid of those annoying popups (which come from those nice people at Microsoft Messenger, believe it or not):


Uninstalling MSN Messenger Completely

This one comes from About.com:
"I know it sounds hard to believe, but some of you out there may wish to remove MSN Messenger from Windows XP. 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:
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."


To Get Rid of the Annoying PopUp Ads:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel (or point to Settings, and then click Control Panel).
2. Double-click Administrative Tools.
3. Double-click Services.
4. Double-click Messenger.
5. In the Startup type list, click Disabled.
6. Click Stop, and then click OK.

/contributed by whoozhe

http://www.help2go.com/article135.html

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I believe that is Windows Messenger Steve and not MSN you are removing and disabling.
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2005, 10:11:10 am »
Give this site a looksee, Bonk. http://belfiore.mvps.org/uninstall.htm
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2005, 10:15:06 am »
Doh, your right, my bad. I did a google search, and that site popped up with the edit of that INI. should have read closer.

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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2005, 12:48:48 pm »
Quote from: std::toasty0 on August 17, 2005, 10:03:18 am
Have you tried...

http://support.msn.com

or

http://msdn.microsoft.com

...?


Nope, was being lazy and looking for the shortcut.  ;D

Thanks for the tip Stephen, but I already have the Wndows messenger disabled - wouldn't mind uninstalling MSN messenger though. (already have it disabled too)

I'll check the links and do a little reading and report back, thanks guys!
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2005, 02:01:14 pm »
You uninstall that stuff through the add/remove windows components radio button found in Control Panel / add/remove programs
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2005, 02:12:22 pm »
Ah, didn't think to look there! Thanks!

Ahhhh, totally MSN free now!  :thumbsup:   :)

wup, maybe not... the MSN messenger remains on disk, rather virus-like...   >:(

Gonna zip it up and delete the folder to see what happens...
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2005, 02:46:41 pm »
Well it let me delete the MSN messenger folder, but I had to do a safe mode boot to delete the MSN gaming zone folder, then windows recreated it on a normal boot...  >:(  Grrr!
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2005, 02:56:56 pm »
Hmm, can you go into RegEdit while in safe mode, to remove all calls to MSN explorer?

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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2005, 03:04:31 pm »
Here are some things I found:


A whole page dedicated to killing MSN:  http://www.pchell.com/support/removemessenger.shtml

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Uninstalling MSN Messenger Completely

This one comes from About.com:
"I know it sounds hard to believe, but some of you out there may wish to remove MSN Messenger from Windows XP. 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:
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."

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How do I remove MSN Messenger from Windows XP

If you are looking to remove MSN Messenger from your Windows XP machine, chances are you can't find it in the Add/Remove programs within the Control Panel. One way to uninstall it is to run a command from the Start | Run.

Warning: This will completely remove MSN Messenger from your computer and will not prompt you. MSNemotions.org is not responsible for any problems this may cause with your computer. Use at your own risk.

The command you need to run is the following:

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

Note: Make sure MSN Messenger is not running when you run this command as some files will be in use and you will most likely experience some error messages which could prevent MSN Messenger from being removed properly.
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2005, 03:14:29 pm »
See that's what I came up with, But It appears that Messenger and explorer arn't the same things. I wonder though If they are tied into one another?

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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #13 on: August 17, 2005, 03:25:31 pm »
AH!  Here we go... MSN Gaming Zone Folder in Question:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q186161/


Zone: How to Remove and Reinstall the Zone Software
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Article ID : 186161
Last Review : June 17, 2005
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SUMMARY
This article describes how to manually remove and reinstall the MSN Gaming Zone software.
MORE INFORMATION
To remove and reinstall Zone.com software manually, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
3. On the Install/Uninstall tab, click Zone.com, and then click Add/Remove.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to remove Microsoft MSN Gaming Zone.
5. Remove Zone.com Heartbeat ActiveX control or plug-in.

For additional information about how to do this, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
225041 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/225041/EN-US/) Zone: How to Remove the Heartbeat ActiveX Control 
6. Empty the Temporary Internet Files folder.
7. Visit the following Zone.com Web site to reinstall the Zone software:
http://classic.zone.msn.com/services/install.asp (http://classic.zone.msn.com/services/install.asp)

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 SUMMARY
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   Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or Later
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SUMMARY
This article describes how to remove the Heartbeat ActiveX Control from your computer.
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To remove the Heartbeat ActiveX Control from your computer, use the appropriate method for your Web browser.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or Later
1. Quit Internet Explorer if it is running.
2. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
3. Double-click Internet.
4. Under Temporary Internet Files, click Settings, and then click View Objects.
5. Click the HearbeatCtl Class program file.

NOTE: If the HeartbeatCtl Class program file is damaged, it may be displayed as a string of characters:
{AE1C01E3-0283-11D3-9B3F-00C04F8EF466} 
6. On the File menu, click Remove Program File. When you are prompted to confirm the removal of the program file, click Yes.
7. Restart your computer.
If this fails to remove the program file, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, and then type cmd on Windows NT-based systems, or command on Windows 9x-based systems, and then click OK.
2. Type cd \ and press ENTER.
3. Type cd and then the directory name of your Windows installation and press ENTER.

NOTE: This is typically winnt or windows.
4. Type cd "downlo~1" (with the quotation marks around downlo~1) and then press ENTER.
5. Type del heartbeat.inf and press ENTER.
6. Type del hrtbeat.ocx and then ENTER.
7. Type del zsetup.exe and then ENTER.
8. Type Exit and press ENTER.
9. Restart your computer.
NOTE: You may find the files are located within a folder called Conflict.x, where x is a sequential number starting at 1 and continuing for as long as there are Conflict folders. If the above steps do not work, try the the following steps: 1. Repeat steps 1-4 above.
2. Type DIR, and then press ENTER.
3. If you find folders titled Conflict.x, type the following for your Windows operating system, and then press ENTER:

Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows NT 4.0
Deltree Conflict.x
where x is the number of the folder listed.

Windows 2000 or Windows XP
Rmdir /s Conflict.x
where x is the number of the folder listed.
4. Repeat this step for each Conflict.x folder listed.
5. Type Exit, and then press ENTER to close the Command Prompt.

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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #14 on: August 17, 2005, 05:59:37 pm »
Thanks for the extra info guys, I'll give it a try in a bit - got some stuff to work on.
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #15 on: August 18, 2005, 05:49:38 am »
I think Internet Explorer is tied into Windows Explorer... and thus cannot be removed.
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #16 on: August 18, 2005, 08:41:40 am »
Quote from: Bonk on August 17, 2005, 05:59:37 pm
Thanks for the extra info guys, I'll give it a try in a bit - got some stuff to work on.

Well?
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #17 on: August 18, 2005, 09:02:37 am »
Finished some campaign and webmap work (additional terrain types for artifex and the webmap code - testing on the first hex column of The Forge webmap - hexes 0,0 to 0,27 - strings are in, need to add images), currently working on compiling the GeoIP C API for Windows Server 2003, so we can run the GeoIP plugin for AWStats. Still gonna come back to this for a bit of a break before I do the photoshop work for the additional terrian types...   ;D
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #18 on: August 18, 2005, 09:24:11 am »
Quote from: Bonk on August 18, 2005, 09:02:37 am
Finished some campaign and webmap work (additional terrain types for artifex and the webmap code - testing on the first hex column of The Forge webmap - hexes 0,0 to 0,27 - strings are in, need to add images), currently working on compiling the GeoIP C API for Windows Server 2003, so we can run the GeoIP plugin for AWStats. Still gonna come back to this for a bit of a break before I do the photoshop work for the additional terrian types...   ;D


Oh really. How many times do I have to tell you, no excuses.
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #19 on: August 18, 2005, 09:36:39 am »
 :P

(edit: compling unix apps for windows sucks, it always leads to this missing include file which requires that include file which requires this other include file... none of which are in the windows build environment...grrr...)
« Last Edit: August 18, 2005, 12:08:38 pm by Bonk »
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #20 on: August 21, 2005, 03:44:06 pm »
OK, I finally got GeoIP setup to run (the PurePerl version, to avoid compiling the c api... too much work...) got a test script written and learned a little something about scripting for perl on a webserver too!

Now I'll take a look at this set of instructions to finish purging my machine of MSN by removing the Gaming Zone folder...
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #21 on: August 21, 2005, 04:02:57 pm »
Nope, still unable to remove the MSN gaming zone folder... the activex control desribed was not present. Something else is recreating the folder on a full boot after removing it on a safe mode boot.  >:(
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Re: How do you uninstall MSN explorer?
« Reply #22 on: August 21, 2005, 09:25:06 pm »
Is there a gaming zone zip folder or dat hiding somewhere?
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