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Simply remove old MSN Windows Messenger

February 15th, 2009

Do you want to remove an old Windows Messenger, known as MSN from your computer? Here is the way to uninstall built-in Messenger that automatically installs with Windows itself.

msn messenger Simply remove old MSN Windows Messenger

  1. navigate to X:\Windows\inf and check for a file named sysoc.inf
  2. make sure you back up sysoc.inf in case anything goes wrong
  3. open sysoc.inf in your favorite text editor
  4. find line msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
  5. remove “hide” part from this code to get msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7
  6. save file the sysoc.inf file

Now you will be able to remove MSN Messenger.

  1. go to start Control Panel
  2. open Add or Remove Programs
  3. scroll down to the bottom and select Windows Messenger
  4. windows components wizard Simply remove old MSN Windows Messenger

  5. click next button to permanently remove MSN

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  1. zippo
    February 16th, 2009 at 00:08 | #1

    It’s good to see this msn finally removed. I am not even sure why is this installed with Windows itself.

  2. Depressed
    February 22nd, 2009 at 18:49 | #2

    good, who needs first version of msn these days…

  3. Mahi
    June 14th, 2009 at 16:39 | #3

    @Depressed
    I do… My new version got virus so I had to use that one until I got virus removed xD

  4. Digital Knowledge
    September 16th, 2009 at 04:25 | #4

    guys you encounter 2009 version error when you sign in it says server is temporary unaavailable? error code 8000401a?

    you guys got fix on this?

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