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Old April 16th, 2009, 01:57 PM
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How do I get windows messenger to stop opening with outlook express? I have unchecked all the relevent boxes but it still comes up. I went to disable this program in defaults but then i cannot find it in my start up. I want to keep the program because I do use it, I just dont want it kicking in every time I check my e.mail. I am running XP pro,outlook 6.0 and messenger 4.7. Sorry if I posted in wrong forum
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Old April 16th, 2009, 02:17 PM
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In Outlook Express>Tools>Options there is a box for "Allow Messenger to run in background" (or similar wording). If that's not unchecked, uncheck it and see if that makes a difference.
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Old April 16th, 2009, 02:45 PM
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Yes this is UNchecked. I have made sure all the relevent boxes are uchecked but it just keeps popping up!
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Old April 16th, 2009, 03:54 PM
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Try this:

http://www.grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm
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Old April 16th, 2009, 04:49 PM
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All sorted, thanx. I downloaded windows LIVE messenger, disabled windows messenger and all good now.
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