ok, so when i try to open mess, it won't. i get it encountered error. this what i get:

AppName: msnmsgr.exe AppVer: 8.1.178.0 ModName: gdiplus.dll ModVer: 5.1.3102.2180 Offset: 00047cd7
So, im thinking heres what i did before i got the errors:


Installed Adobe Reader 7.0
Installed/Updated Adobe Flash Player
Updated Java
Accessed Windows Live Hotmail
( i believe hotmail could be the problem. when i open an email, suddenly, wlm encounters a problem , even when it isn't opened. )
Finally, the file 'gdiplus.dll' with the exact case letters were located in Adobe Bridge Folder, Could this be the problem?

I suggest following CookieRevised's instructions here on conducting a clean install of messenger and see if it helps.

I cannot run MSG Plus! Live Uninstallation, because it too now encounters the exact same error as Windows Live Messenger. it says the ModName: gdiplus.dll is the problem. Also, I tried using the repair Windows Live Messenger method from Add/Remove Programs. This file is causing alot of messenger related problems. Anybody know what to do?

edit: So far i've uninstalled Windows Live Messenger, didn't give a problem. However, Plus Live! is still affected by the gdiplus.dll file.

gdiplus.dll has nothing to do with either Windows Live Messenger nor Messenger Plus!

That file is not located in any of the 2 folders meaning that you either have downloaded a bad version of Messenger or Messenger Plus! Live. Remember to always get files from official sites.

I suggest strongly conducting a clean install using the instructions posted above and checking again.

Also Messenger Plus! Live never has and I doubt ever will use and exe file to implement it's features into Windows Live Messenger. It now uses dll files to do that. This makes it one of a few things now:

1) your not using windows live messenger
2) your not using Messenger Plus! Live and using some other addon that has a similar name
3) you got Messenger Plus! Live from a site that is not an official site

Actually, im afraid your wrong. I've had Messenger Plus! Live for months now and nothing has went wrong ever since I've updated my computer that recent night. So it has to be gdiplus.dll, since I didn't update Messenger Plus! Live/Downloaded it from any other fraud site. I've downloaded from this site months ago, and it was working all well, until the last update. Therefore, it has to be a problem when i've updated my computer , which is the gdiplus.dll file.

Also, I tried to redo a clean re-installation of Messenger Plus! Live, and it didn't work. So it is the Messenger Plus Extension that is integrating its problems into Windows Live Messenger. As soon as, I tried running the Windows Live Messenger Uninstall it worked, however, for Plus! it did not, as stated before, because it encounters errors. I've deleted Messenger Plus! folder, Windows Live Messenger worked perfectly fine again. So it has to be the Plus Extension. Also, i've never had this problem before, and didn't say that there was an exe.

Im pretty sure my copy of Windows Live Messenger is genuine since not only i've had it for months, but I just re-installed it yesterday.

It should be noted that gdiplus.dll isn't in any of those folders. I never said it was.

AppName: msgpluslive-422.exe     AppVer: 4.22.0.274     ModName: gdiplus.dll
ModVer: 5.1.3102.2180     Offset: 00047cd7

Thats the error code from me trying to re-install the latest Messenger Plus! Live extension from this site.

Well, I still cannot install PLUS!, it keeps encoutnering errors.. BOO!

I have 4 copies of gdiplus.dll on my computer:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\
C:\Windows\system32
C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 8\
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE 11\

gdiplus is not a part of MP!L (But it may use the file, i suppose)

try doing this: Start > Run > regsvr32 gdiplus.dll

Ok , I did this but got an error that said:

" gdiplus.dll was loaded, but the DllRegisterServer entry point was not found. This file cannot be registered. "

Wasn't an error but thats what it said.

Also, one more thing, keep in mind I didn't say gdiplus.dll came with msgplus live, I said it is causing Messenger Plus! to crash or not function correctly.

messenger plus does interfere with GDI, actually. but it shouldn't matter -- plus creates a proxy dll named "msimg32.dll", which is supposed to exist in the system32 folder. by mapping all the exports of the proxy dll to the exports of the real dll, it allows plus to seamlessly load code into messenger without anyone knowing any better. HOWEVER, "gdiplus.dll" is in the system search path and EVERY app will ALWAYS look in c:\windows\system32 FIRST, before attempting to look anywhere else. so, it couldn't have been a plus problem.

What do I do now?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?....gdiplus_dnld.exe

http://tinyurl.com/9boh2

Still getting the same error with gdiplus.dll

So basically, you guys Messenger Plus! Live has a problem with gdiplus and can't be fixed..

Can I remove plus!s' registry keys if plus is not installed? Cause I had to delete the program folder in order to even remove it from my programs, but plus!'s registry keys are still in the registry.

I had the same problem
I couldn't open any messenger plus live aplication, the setup and unistaller.
GDIPLUS.DLL that was the same file my pc said was wrong, but, the problem was, I already had this file, with the normal size and location, so, I found the answer. Windows was thinking file was right because it see only the name and size, but physicaly my hard disk clusters was wrong.

Execute CHKDSK.
Just execute CMD, next type CHKDSK /F /R, then restart, and when pc boot will check and repair hard disk drive, that worked for my, I hope be the answer.

Yes, I should practice english.

Unfortunately, it didn't work ..What is the problem with this thing

oh yeah, I did a search on all gdi files it was weird. I had version .1360 in system 32 however..when the search came up it displayed it was version .2180..which is odd..since I tried to copy and when I pasted it came up as version 1360..

Oh I found a gdiplus in WinSxS..its version was also .2180, and the version that is causing problems is .2180 so idk

ok heres what it looks like.


MY OS: Windows XP SP2
My Windows Live Messenger Version: 8.0.0812.00
hmm

Was probably adobe I still don't know what is cuasing this to mess up

why don't you try getting the latest versions of both WLM and plus!

http://get.live.com/messenger/overview/
http://www.msgpluslive.net/download/

I did that before also, it was still a failure.

Ok first off I know you are upset but triple posting is against the forum rules.

Try this, make sure you have your original Windows CD readily available.

Click Start > Run > type sfc /scannow and press enter or click ok.
It will restore the original copies of the Windows files back to the installation directory. This is not recommended if you originally had SP1 and upgraded to SP2.

Also you can try a system restore to a previous time when this was working.

wait, does this mean I have to re-update my windows when I do this? o.o