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Open the Control Panel. Click the Start menu, and then click Control Panel. On Windows 8, you can open the Start menu by clicking the Start button in the lower-left corner of the screen, pressing the Windows logo key on your keyboard, or opening charms and then clicking start.
Open the uninstall tool. In the Control Panel window, under Programs, click Uninstall a program. Locate Windows Essentials. Windows Live Messenger was bundled together with Windows essentials. In the program list, scroll down to find Windows Live Essentials, and then click to select it. Start uninstalling Windows Live Messenger.
In the dialog box, click Uninstall, and then click Continue. At this point, you may be prompted for an admin password. Type your admin password to continue. Finish uninstalling Windows Live Messenger. Yahoo Messenger rules except for the new advertising bug they added at the bottom of the message window Thank you once again for this article.
When i click on Windows Live Essential, black pop up came up for a second and then disappeared without showing me the Uninstall wizard. Now every time I try to run wlsetup-custom. Therefore, I am prevented from installing it. Please advise. I have also tried going into programs and deleting all files associated with windows essentails. Keep getting same message or onew saying i need permsission from trusted installer.
Thank you sooooooooo much! I went to so many so called sites and they either wanted to charge or gave vague instructions! Sneaky of Windows to hide it in the windows essentials!
This was amazingly easy! Thank you again! Thankyou so much. I really need help with this. Please help me with this. Looks like my uninstall of Live Essentials is broken. What a mess!! Ideas would be most welcome. I uninstalled the Windows Live program messenger and mail. Not sure how to get those back. It came up as one of the search options then you just click LIVE and then it takes you to that screen. Thanks so much!! I hate this messenger stuff and it always has to be uninstalled.
I just could not find it. Bless you! This is great, up until I followed this instruction my OE was slow loading, I had to do many procedures to get to read my email. But thankfully this has cleared up by getting rid of Windows Live, what a horrible program. What do I do now? Finally some advice on the Internet that actually works immediately. I have spent all morning tryin to unistall this rubbish which is slowing down my machine and couldnt find a way to do so until I read your advice.
Nice one. Thank you for the help it worked perfectly for me. I was just wondering if I should put it on my computer instead because I do like having messenger. Thank you, I was able to uninstall the live Messenger, I did not know where it was I have Windows 7 and I was afraid to touch windows. You were a great help. Live messenger it is an annoying program. I know this is the long way around to do this but, after searching google when i could not find the uninstaller, this is the only other way i could find to do it.
I tried the Revo free version and it worked! After installing Revo uninstaller, I had to go to Options and select Uninstaller and check the box to show System Components. Then Windows Messenger was visible. The Uninstall process actually acted like it was installing it but then reached a point where I could select all the files 2 steps to do this and delete them.
Then it was gone! Thanks for the pointer. It asks permission then when I click on yes , nothing happens. Still nothing. Am I frustrated? Nothing happened.
Please help!! Thanks for the help with removing Messenger. I like to keep my machine running with what I like rather than those things forced on me. I was concerned that I was doing the wrong thing but followed your advice and am grateful. Thank you very much! Thanks x. I have been using Revo uninstaller for several years now and I have yet to find anything it will not un-install, including MS Live everything. I like the fact that it cleans left overs from the registry and HD after the program has uninstalled itself.
Also in the tools section clicking the Autorun Icon gives you full control of what gets loaded at system start-up. And it is Free! Eventually deleted the relevant. Yaay, and your instructions were very easy to follow and concise! Thanks a lot I really wanted to delete programme this due to some problems in the past with an old computer this was really helpful. Much appreciated. I just purchased a new laptop loaded with Windows7 Home 64bit.
Thank you, very much! I still have the Windows Messenger popup on startup. How do I completely remove the popup? I have windows 7 on my laptop. Any help will be appreciated. This Program completely removes Windows Live Essentials Beta Programs and any other program that cannot be unistalled from your computer.
This program removes , scans for leftover files of the program and shows the results of Leftovers then removes these as well. Try it! It Works. The windows essentials is not in the uninstall a program. I cant uninstall windows live msn beta! I found this article very helpful. If you could give me some edvice on what i can do it would be nice thanks:].
The entry merely greys out and then comes right back to blue and sits there, unimpressed. The search for truth continues. I am using Windows 7 it looks different than the pictures in your article ,and I could not uninstall Windows live messenger using control panel. I followed the suggestion to click on Windows Essential, and then Uninstall button, but it does not work.
The page does not move. Some other times, when I click on uninstall, a window would appear saying that I should stop uninstalling one program before starting another… no matter how much I try, it does not work. I am not good with technology and would not risk getting software that may make things worse.
Windows live mail is a horror. I deleted it off my taskbar but when I went into the control panel to uninstall it. Please can you help me. Hi I know this thread is old, but wanted to let you know that the free version of revo Uninstaller did get rid of windows live essentials. Thanks for the tip.
Thanks for the help. This is really useful because since getting Windows 7 operating system the default was set for the computer to go to sleep after 30 minutes. So the problem comes when you are trying to install something large like Windows Live Essentials components. The computer may shut down somewhere on the install and cause a system startup problem.
I hate windows they always put lots of crap in that you never wanted that slows down your pc. Messenger automatically fights to start up when i use hotmail even. I am a manual guy and dont like machines making decisions for me. I removed it al but it is still on my computer, it said succesfully removed, and its still here. Now I cant find that windows essentials because I removed it, does anyone has any tips? I hate windows live…. It is taking control of what i should install…if i choose to install only the messenger application it doesnt let me do it.
They want me to install all those applications that i dont need. I cant seem to remove versions still present. It does not list all files. I still cannot find all messenger and windows live files. So im trying to solve this whole day. And then i started installation. I dont know what can i do. I tryed cleaning my registry, tryed removing WLM tracks or some clues, but everytime same happens.
What can i do? Thank you so much for this. I spent a good hour looking by myself for a way to uninstall that darn thing. Works fine on Windows 7!!! In the Control Panel clicking in Windows Live did not bring up the selection menu and only the safe mode of Revo did the trick.
So what I did was:. Copy the value into the Clipboard 6. Paste the UninstallString value into the Run dialog. This worked for various Windows Live components such as Writer. I hate Messenger and have been hopping since it somehow got on my machine. Hi Thanks so much for that, but can I uninstall all of the windows live stuff, or is it needed for my computer to run? I dont think i want stuff like windows live sync, and windows live uploader etc, can I just uninstall it all?
Ben All of the Windows Live components are optional freebies and can be installed and uninstalled at will. Many thanks … finally rid of the annoyance … it kept popping uop on a notebook i bought …thanks again.
The Windows live messenger popped up every time I cut on my computer and it truly got on my nerves, but I could not figure out how to get it off. Thank You!! I searched the net for hours and every other persons solution didnt work.
Yours did! You da man Leo! Hopefully this uninstall thing works. The mothe-ship must have dowloaded it when I was sleeping. Thanks in advance. After Revo does the standard uninstall it then finds that 2, registry items still remain…!
After deleting those it finds that files still remain mine were mainly in programs x I bit the bullet on both counts and selected all entries for deletion.
I also dumped some bloatware from my new Asus laptop using the fourth Revo option. Noticed that it boots much quicker as a minor bonus. I used Revo Uninstaller. Unlike Glynnux, I used the advanced setting and found Registry entries to delete. I recommend it highly. Microsoft tried to get tricky in hiding windows live messenger!
Who uses messenger anyway? I got rid of it following your instuctions! Thanks again! Thanks so much for this post Leo. It was driving me crazy. You da man! Thank you!! We Googled, we tried every trick we could think of — and then I went to Ask Leo, and found the solution!
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I want comments to be valuable for everyone, including those who come later and take the time to read. Search Ask Leo! Do this Subscribe to Confident Computing! I'll see you there! AOL and Windows Messenger are two separate systems. I give it the permission but then the message pops up again saying I need to provide permission once more but this time there is no button to give permission, just simply a retry button which does nothing Reply.
Thanks, again……………Joan Clarke Reply. Please help me get rid of this idiot software Reply. I uninstalled windows essentials and nothing came up about messenger and i still cant get my windows live back Reply. What Can I Do Now to fix this problem??? Microsoft are a bunch of idiots as we all know Reply. Thanks Reply. Everything else on my computer is working fine. This is my only problem. Any ideas?? John Reply. How can i desinstall it or reinstall the same one?? TTRM Reply. Some info regarding this would be highly appreciated.
Sincere regards. After a few hours, I finally found what I was looking for; An uninstall string. Solution of Uninstall Windows Live Messenger ?
That, and your snappy writing was a pleasure to read. Great tip. My laptop and I thank you for helping us get rid of this bloatware! Btw, I using window vista Reply. Thanks Leo! I really appreciate your comments and assistance.
I need Messenger… Reply. Answer to Eduard… First of all.. Then you can download and install a new version of windows live messenger Reply. What I did? I deleted all of its files. LOL Reply.
Thanks, you have relieved me of having to re-image my computer! This works seriously so try it: goodluck P. The windows installer clean up utility is genius!
Thanks a million guys Reply. Thanks a lot, it workks great! I tried that but it said windows live messenger encountered a problem and needs to close.! Thanks Leo, finally rid of that irritating Live Messenger. A plague on Microsofts houses.. Thank you Leo. Windows Live Messenger was really dug in like a tic… but now it is gone.
Thanks very much!!! Thanks Russ Reply. Please help me Reply. HELP Reply. Hi Leo I have tried to follow your advise. Any Idea what could be going wrong here? I did as u said but at the end instead of saying removed it says the programme has has been installed Reply. I get the same problem as Connor S it just blinks and then doesnt uninstall. Thank you, Captain America! Definately coming back here to sort out any other issues!
Thanks again Reply. Ken Reply. Running on XP Reply. Thanks a lot! Worked for me! Worked perfect! Remove Reply. Hooray, no more messenger! It is a registry issue. Use zap messenger, it works Reply. What do I do!? Uninstall instructions worked perfectly with Windows 7! Thanks for the easy to understand instructions, worked fine on Windows 7.
Thanks Leo for your advice to uninstall Windows Live Messenger, worked great! Thank you, continue the good job Reply. This was the ONLY article that helped me to actually get messenger uninstalled. Many thanks Leo for your clear and helpful guide to remove messenger…your a star! Apparently nobody else exept you does… Reply.
Joel Reply. It worked. It was a burden on my work and my computer. Glad it is gone. T hank You so much.
Cheers Paddy Reply. Have used Revo Uninstaller for about two years. I recommend it. Start the utility. Save the file to your Desktop. Select Run after the download is complete to start the installation. Follow the on-screen instructions. Thank you sooooooo much Whylthyme!!! OMG you are a total genius!
This was driving even me crazy! You make things so much easier! Worked a dream! Thanks so much — will be back when further help needed Reply. I uninstalled it.. God Bless you my friend! But thankfully this has cleared up by getting rid of Windows Live, what a horrible program Reply.
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