Shoutbox

I got this bug report from my dad:

The current 5.10 version of Messenger does not appear to run correctly on my Windows XP computer. After installing and rebooting, the Explorer opens with the contents of the "Messenger" folder.

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Originally posted by mynetx
I got this bug report from my dad:

The current 5.10 version of Messenger does not appear to run correctly on my Windows XP computer. After installing and rebooting, the Explorer opens with the contents of the "Messenger" folder.

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What is the startup entry read in the registry?

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Originally posted by matty
What is the startup entry read in the registry?

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Explain?

If it came up after rebooting, then is it set to open the folder at startup?  So, is there a registry entry for it?

Not sure where Messenger normally puts its startup entry...

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Originally posted by whiz
If it came up after rebooting, then is it set to open the folder at startup?  So, is there a registry entry for it?

Not sure where Messenger normally puts its startup entry...

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Plus! itself will not run when you boot Windows.

However, the PlusServices.exe program does start when you boot windows. And that entry is located in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

But Windows Live Messenger can start when you boot into Windows, this depends on the user's settings in Messenger. It's entry is located in:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

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mynetx, can your dad check both those registry paths and provide the exact and complete entries for all the keys which have something to do with Messenger and/or Plus! (msnmsgr, PlusService, ...). As whiz suggested, maybe something is wrong with one of those registry entries (eg: missing quotes, broken filepathname, ...)

If not, then maybe it is a script doing something fishy?

PS1: Does Messenger actually run when this happens? Or is it just the Windows Explorer which opens up and nothing else?

PS2: Note also that Windows Explorer windows are automatically opened up again when there is a reboot without closing Windows Explorer windows first. So, maybe that window which opened up is simply a previous opened Windows Explorer window and has nothing to do with Plus! or Messenger. Can you verify that this is not the case (close all Explorer Windows, reinstall Plus!, reboot)?

This is a Messenger plus bug.
Unfortunately I can reproduce it in msg plus 5.10 & 4.90 on my Windows XP. I fixed deselecting PlusServices.exe from startup entry, using CCleaner.

No more explorer window opened after reboot.

The problem has to do with the fact, that the installer of messenger plus!, does not correctly create the registry entry in the 'run' section.

It place the following string in the 'PLusService' key:

C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus!\PlusService.exe


Because this string is without double quotes (") AND because the directory 'C:\Program Files\Messenger' exists, Windows thinks it should 'start' that directory, with the parameter 'Plus!\PlusService.exe'

The guys from the Plus! development team should modify the installer, so it places the string:

"C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus!\PlusService.exe"

WITH the double quotes....



As a workaround, you can place these quotes yourself around the 'old' string yourself using regedit.

correct, I already suggested that almost a year ago....

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
(eg: missing quotes, broken filepathname, ...)

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