Shoutbox

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.

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SUCCESS!

Problem: Apparently, A file that is located in the 'MSN Messenger' folder that loads like a library when booting Windows Live Messenger has problems with a file called gdiplus.dll. So , you guys may have to fix msgplus on that one. My messenger now works fine, however, I cannot install plus because of an error with gdiplus.dll.

Solution: Simply, delete Messenger Plus! Live folder in program files, as well as, the loader located in MSN Messenger folder. Reason for deleting the folder, is because when trying to use the uninstaller, or booting anything that is msgPlus process related, it has a conflict with gdiplus.dll. Well, hope that helps anyone who is having the same problem as me.

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

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?

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Then, explain how Windows Live Messenger works on its own, after the uninstallation of MSG Plus! Live. It use to work good with it, now everytime I try to re-install MSG PLus! Live, the modname: gdiplus.dll is causing it to encounter errors before it even boots up.