Here's my problem; When ever I shut down or restart my computer, Messenger Plus [latest version] will get unistalled. Meaning I will have to then reinstall it when I return. Is there anyway to fix this?

PS. Sorry if this has been brought up before.

hum.. this sounds to me like your using a pc with a special account not allowing anything to get saved on the hard disk.. is it the case?

Uh, I don't believe so... I save other stuff to my drive too and it stays... it's just Plus. This same problem used to happen to be a while back, but it somehow fixed itself :/

Is there anyway to check?

If you're using XP, are you using a Limited account or an Administrator account?

If you go into the Add Remove programs do you still have Messenger Plus! 3 listed?

I'm the administator on my computer, so yes I'm in the admin account.

And yes, it is still in Add or Remove... although there's a banned kind of icon [red circle - line through middle] next to it :/

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Originally posted by Slick22
I'm the administator on my computer, so yes I'm in the admin account.

And yes, it is still in Add or Remove... although there's a banned kind of icon [red circle - line through middle] next to it :/

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Originally posted by Slick22
Here's my problem; When ever I shut down or restart my computer, Messenger Plus [latest version] will get unistalled. Meaning I will have to then reinstall it when I return. Is there anyway to fix this?

PS. Sorry if this has been brought up before.

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You can try Alternate mode:

- Plus > preferences > miscellaneous..under Messenger Plus! Automatic Recovery Options, set it to "Alternate".
- Reboot
- Start MSNM and check if it's still in alternate mode
- Ctrl alt del to go to taskmanager and in processeslist end msgplus.exe
- Now restart MSNM and see if Plus! appears in the menu, if so "alternate mode" is working fine.
- After checking you can remove Plus! from startuplist by going to: start > run ..type: msconfig <enter>, go to startuplist and uncheck MsgPlus (this step isn't really needed, if need be Plus! will switch to "Allternate" by itself, just check if it's still set to "Alternate" every now and then).

Alternate mode is new and only available in Windows 2000/XP. Make sure you got no programs running preventing writing in the registry whilst setting it to "alternate mode".

If you use another OS, try "default mode - forced". If that doesn't work you can put Messenger Plus! in your startup folder.

Edit: to start Plus! you don't have to reinstall it, you can go to taskmanager (ctrl alt del), in the menu click "File" > new task...then browse to MsgPlus.exe (C:\Program Files\MessengerPlus! 3) and doubleclick it.

Well, the alternative mode works I believe, but as for the Ctrl Alt Del bit, I can't check it... because for some reason it won't work?! :/

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Originally posted by Slick22
Well, the alternative mode works I believe, but as for the Ctrl Alt Del bit, I can't check it... because for some reason it won't work?! :/

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That's the thing. Task manager won't open... at all. On Ctrl + Alt + Del or by selecting it from the task bar!

On a happier note, it seems to be working now, but I'll try again later

If you look in the C:\WINDOWS\system32 directory, check to see if taskman and taskmgr files are there. Try opening taskmgr as well. What exactly happens? Any error messages?

If task manager still isn't running from here, try looking at these sites

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/Win...indows2000.html

http://www.infopackets.com/gazette/2003/20...2000_and_xp.htm


These sites above have some settings you can change to enable task manager.

This site, http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_taskmgrenab.htm has a exe file which i tried and it worked perfectly. It allows you to disable or enable task manager.

Well, I did that .exe but still task manager won't load up. I click on it [or press C+A+D] and nothing happens :/

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Originally posted by Slick22
Well, I did that .exe but still task manager won't load up. I click on it [or press C+A+D] and nothing happens :/

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if you find taskmgr.exe anywhere else then u should check r comp for spy-ware and virsus