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i installed an msn winks program called MSN CONTENT PLUS, but it was shareware and i didnt buy it. so after the trial period, i uninstalled it, but every time i start my computer, a dialogue box comes up asking me to register, even after i have uninstalled the program, and even deleted the empty folder.
how do i get rid of the program?

have you looked in the C: folder, see if it its still there...

I googled it quickly nothing came up...

get a registry cleaner. most likely you got some registry keys left in your registry

MSN Winks Plus DANGER

Apparently their uninstaller is faulty, someone in that thread suggested to just end the process (msncontentplus.exe) through taskmanager on advice of MSN Content Plus. If you can find that file anywhere on your computer i'd say delete it (after you ended the process ofcourse).

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Originally posted by Rubber Stamp
i installed an msn winks program called MSN CONTENT PLUS, but it was shareware and i didnt buy it. so after the trial period, i uninstalled it, but every time i start my computer, a dialogue box comes up asking me to register, even after i have uninstalled the program, and even deleted the empty folder.
how do i get rid of the program?

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Check all your possible startup settings (and remember that there are way, waaaaaay more than MS Config, Start menu or any other common tool and/or program might let you believe).

To check every possible startup entry for the program which does this use the freeware AutoRuns from SysInternals (no need to install it either btw, it's simply 1 file program).

Once you've found the program which pops up every time, look where it is located; in what directory.

Before you delete the program, open your registry editor and search the entire registry for leftovers of that program name (search for the file name, or part of the filename). Delete them all (of course including the registry key which triggers that program from running each time you start up Windows).

Once you've deleted all the leftovers in the registry, go to your task manager and kill all process trees involving msn content plus, then delete the program files themselfs and reboot.

wow, that worked. thanks guys, and thanks alot cookie

I think I fixed my problem too, just have to wait and see, knowing my luck I've probably deleted all the bits of messenger that I need to run it lol!

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No, no it didn't fix my problem at all, I'm not the best at knowing what to do on my PC most of the time, I'm kickass at my website but thats about it lol!

Any chance someone could explain how to remove this from my PC in nice simple Laymans terms?

i remember having this problem. one day i caught a new diolog with a new name. searched c:\ for the name and then deleated it. whoohoo keep looking. i think it was some dll

hi , i have tried all the solutions up above and i cannot seem to get rid of it, i know what files they are, msnlogm.exe, msnlogs.exe and everytime i end process on task manager they automatically return (msn is turned off) and even in Registry Editor it does the same, i delete it and it comes back. please help!!

search for the 2 files and deleate them