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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.
07-05-2005 07:30 PM
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RE: Plus auto-unistall on restart.
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?
07-05-2005 07:35 PM
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O.P. RE: Plus auto-unistall on restart.
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?
07-05-2005 07:36 PM
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RE: Plus auto-unistall on restart.
If you're using XP, are you using a Limited account or an Administrator account?
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07-05-2005 09:11 PM
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RE: Plus auto-unistall on restart.
If you go into the Add Remove programs do you still have Messenger Plus! 3 listed?
07-05-2005 09:18 PM
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O.P. RE: Plus auto-unistall on restart.
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 :/
07-06-2005 03:19 PM
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RE: Plus auto-unistall on restart.
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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 :/

That icon is normal. That is the uninstall icon for Messenger Plus!.

Click on Start > Run > type msconfig and click ok

Click on the Startup Tab

Put checkmarks beside anything saying MsgPlus

Click Ok and restart.

Does it work now?
07-06-2005 03:28 PM
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RE: Plus auto-unistall on restart.
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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.
small but important correction... Messenger Plus! is not uninstalled at all.

It simply doesn't run at windows startup. There is a huge difference between a program not running and a program uninstalling. When a program is uninstalled you wouldn't see any trace of it, not in the "add/remove programs" section and the program's directory would certainly not exist anymore...
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07-06-2005 03:48 PM
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RE: Plus auto-unistall on restart.
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.

This post was edited on 07-06-2005 at 03:58 PM by Sunshine.
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O.P. RE: Plus auto-unistall on restart.
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?! :/
07-07-2005 03:44 PM
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