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Plus! killed MSN Live Messenger. by Kirzath on 01-01-2007 at 08:17 AM

Right.

So I learn about Messenger Plus! earlier today, and decide to give it a go. I install it, everything seems fine, though now MSN won't boot up at all.

I mean, msnmsgr.exe runs according to the task manager, but nothing happens. It just.. sits there, idle, and not responding.

Naturally I try uninstalling Plus!. To no avail.

I then try repairing MSN Live. Nada.

I proceed to reinstall it entirely. Still nothing.

I get to the point where I even try a bloody system restore. And I'm still encountering the same problem. :S

I ran a few scans on my computer, and every thing's clean.

I have no idea what's going on here. Help would be greatly appreciated.


.. And no, I don't have sweetim or smiley central installed, before you ask.

RE: Plus! killed MSN Live Messenger. by Hank on 01-01-2007 at 08:23 AM

mess.be patch installed? any other patches,

RE: Plus! killed MSN Live Messenger. by ShawnZ on 01-01-2007 at 08:26 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Kirzath
.. And no, I don't have sweetim or smiley central installed, before you ask.

did you at one point previously?
RE: Plus! killed MSN Live Messenger. by Kirzath on 01-01-2007 at 08:36 AM

Nope and nope. :/

RE: Plus! killed MSN Live Messenger. by xJ + on 01-01-2007 at 09:05 AM

End the process msnmsgr.exe
Restart WLmsgr.

RE: Plus! killed MSN Live Messenger. by Fuse on 01-01-2007 at 11:14 AM

try disabling you antivirus software. Macafee and someother antviruses block from msnmsgr from opening once they have been chnaged/something added on (in this case plus)

RE: Plus! killed MSN Live Messenger. by MattyRid on 01-01-2007 at 11:29 AM

If you have windows live onecare installed, disable that and see if it helps.

RE: Plus! killed MSN Live Messenger. by nod32 on 01-01-2007 at 02:32 PM

Firewall may be blocking it. :)

RE: Plus! killed MSN Live Messenger. by Kirzath on 01-01-2007 at 05:07 PM

None of the above suggestions have worked so far, and I doubt it's my firewall. :\

RE: Plus! killed MSN Live Messenger. by CookieRevised on 01-01-2007 at 05:26 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Kirzath
So I learn about Messenger Plus! earlier today, and decide to give it a go. I install it, everything seems fine, though now MSN won't boot up at all.
Are you 100% sure you installed Messenger Plus! and not some fake? I ask this because there are fakes floating around, which cripple Messenger and even replace it with some malware. Always download from official sites.

http://www.msgplus.net/
http://www.msgpluslive.net/
http://old.msgplus.net/

quote:
Originally posted by Kirzath
Naturally I try uninstalling Plus!. To no avail.
That alone shows it doesn't have anything todo with Plus! though....

This is because Plus! does not change anything to the physical files, nor to the registry settings of Messenger, it doesn't modify a thing. If Plus! is uninstalled, Messenger is still 100% as it was before.

To try and fix Messenger, try to follow the instructions given here, to the letter:
"CookieRevised's reply to Windows Live Messenger BIG PROBLEM!"
RE: Plus! killed MSN Live Messenger. by Kirzath on 01-01-2007 at 06:47 PM

That did the trick, many thanks CookieRevised.