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I want to test something with Windows Live Messenger without Plus! active, it there as way I can restart messenger without Plus! being active but still installed and intact for I try what I wanted?

C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live

Rename MsgPlusLiveRes.dll to anything, open WLM.

WLM should now open without Plus, rename the file back to what it should be to reenable Plus .

Go to your Messenger folder (C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger, might be different depending on your version) and find msimg32.dll, rename it to something else, like msimg32.dll2.

msimg32.dll is a file added by Messenger Plus!, it takes care of loading Plus! whenever Live Messenger starts, renaming or deleting it will stop Plus! from loading.

EDIT: Guess Sam's method works too, although in that case Messenger will still load msimg32.dll.

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Originally posted by SonicSam
C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live

Rename MsgPlusLiveRes.dll to anything, open WLM.

WLM should now open without Plus, rename the file back to what it should be to reenable Plus .

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Originally posted by MenthiX
Go to your Messenger folder (C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger, might be different depending on your version) and find msimg32.dll, rename it to something else, like msimg32.dll2.

msimg32.dll is a file added by Messenger Plus!, it takes care of loading Plus! whenever Live Messenger starts, renaming or deleting it will stop Plus! from loading.

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Thank you both.

If you really want to do a test with no part of Plus! loaded at all, the method of MenthiX is the one to follow though.

A shortcut would be good (Example: Hold Ctrl+N+P or customizable after double clicking on the Messenger icon to start WLM)

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Originally posted by riahc4
A shortcut would be good (Example: Hold Ctrl+N+P or customizable after double clicking on the Messenger icon to start WLM)

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Only problem with that is accidents, amount of people who complain about accidentally locking Messenger, could only get worse

On second thoughts, how would a shortcut work anyway? You exit WLM and Plus! renames the file itself? But then, if Plus! is not loaded, you can't use a shortcut to turn it back on again.

I would like an option to disable plus on the next restart for example, no shortcut because people can do that by accident but maybe in the options have a check box, so that it will be disabled next time you exit messenger, or have it automatically restart messenger. I'm not sure how that works, I don't know anything about making programs lol.

I'm sure there was a tick box in the "About Messenger Plus!" in the beta testing period, wasn't there? It disabled it next time you start messenger. Should bring that back.

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Originally posted by Chris4
I'm sure there was a tick box in the "About Messenger Plus!" in the beta testing period, wasn't there? It disabled it next time you start messenger. Should bring that back.

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Yes there was. No they shouldn't. More mistakes by new users and more time spent answering them. Its easier for people to come here/on irc and ask how to disable it than for us to have to tell everyone how to re-enable Plus!
Though the Plus! beta disabling system was a one time thing, people would still be worried and start asking questions and by people I mean newbies (new users, inexperienced ones).