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I have a problem with windows live messenger contacts. Once they are deleted  they remain as contacts waiting to be added. I dont want to re add them.

i close down the group to get rid of them and then once signed in they all pop up again.

Is there a way to get rid of them?

Is it some sort of bug?

1) Clear your contact cache

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Originally posted by Chris4
Try deleting Contacts cache.

My Computer. Tools > Folder Options > View tab > Show hidden files and folders

My Computer > Your hard drive (usually C:\) > Documents and Settings > [Your user] > Contacts > Delete the folder with your email address. Restart WLM.

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2) Clear the contact handshake policy registry entry

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

[*]Open your registry editor (Start > Run > regedit.exe) and navigate to:
   for Messenger 8.0: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger
   for Messenger 8.1: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live\Communications Client

[*]Once there, you must remove the following subkeys:
   for Messenger 8.0: Policies
   for Messenger 8.1: Shared

[*]Close your registry editor and restart Messenger.[/list=1]

Make sure you don't delete or modify anything else. Wrong alterations can cause serious problems for Windows. For those who are not comfortable editing the registry, I've made a registry file which will do these alterations (steps 2 and 3) for you. Simply download the file, save it, and run it (eg: by double clicking on it):

http://home.scarlet.be/~tsf54471/msn/deletehandshakingcache.reg

nothing will be lost when applying this fix, unlike with some other 'fixes'.

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if the 2 things above fail to work, reply back and we will see if we can come up with something else.

No sorry guys

but i did what you suggested and no luck

im not sure what is the problem

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Originally posted by Avalancher
I have a problem with windows live messenger contacts. Once they are deleted  they remain as contacts waiting to be added. I dont want to re add them.

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Please make clear that, from where you are deleting those contacts? From your contact list? Or from your Allow or Block Lists?

Messenger normally doesn't allow you to delete the contacts from the Allow&Block lists unless they delete you from their own contact lists. But you can delete all contacts from those lists with some helper programs like Noroom's ListManager. And when you delete them from those lists, Messenger will prompt you to choose whether you want to Allow or Block them in the first sign in, but normally you don't have to add them to your own contact list. Because it is a check box, so you have the choice not to check it. But I don't think you have ever used that List Manager program.

I guess the problem with your account. Before explaining it, can you read this thread and try the solution method there. I believe it will solve your problem. I am waiting for your good reply.

The Problem is actually this:


I am deleting contacts off my list

and They return as contact adds

how do i get rid of them for good

Did you try my solution at that other thread, deleting everyone who you can delete from your Allow&Block lists? Please try it and write the result here when you tried because I don't think you have tried it yet (I hope when you try it your problem will be solved).

yes i tried both solutions and the problem still persists

I have the same problem. Everytime I log in, all the contacts I have ever deleted come up and i have to close the group. Does anyone have a solution to this? Tried all the things that people have said so far, and none have worked. Any help would be much appreciated.

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Originally posted by Avalancher
I have a problem with windows live messenger contacts. Once they are deleted  they remain as contacts waiting to be added. I dont want to re add them.

i close down the group to get rid of them and then once signed in they all pop up again.

Is there a way to get rid of them?

Is it some sort of bug?

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Before we can give you any answer, what do you exactly mean with "i close down the group to get rid of them". What "group"?

When someone adds you, you get a popup window asking if you want to add the contact to your contactlist or if you want to block the contact. What do you exactly do when you get such a popup?

For the purpose of this post lets say that when I log into MSN Messenger, 100 pop-ups come up asking whether I want to add or block the contacts. However, these contacts are ones that I have previously blocked and deleted from my Hotmail & MSN contact list. When he says about 'closing the group', he means that these 100 pop-ups come up and display themselves at the bottom of the task bar and he basically right clicks on the task bar and 'closes group' which effectively cancels the add/block process. Obviously with there being so many of them, it just says 'MSN Messenger 100' meaning there are 100 seperate windows open. When they came up on mine for the first time, I went through each individual one and blocked them. I did this for the first 2/3 times aswell, but they keep coming up so now I also 'close the group'. Do you understand?