Solve : I can't uninstall msn??

1.	Solve : I can't uninstall msn??
Answer» I know there will be a myriad of different posts similar, if not the same as mine, but I have looked around to maybe find a solution but to no avail. Sorry if I seem stupid, as I am terrible with computers. Anyway, I uninstalled my MSN by removing it at add/remove programs. I then went to reinstall it but it said that I still had MSN installed, so I searched for all of the files that relate to MSN and I deleted them all. I found a file called "Windows Live" (I think) and it was 160mb so I figured that it was the file to delete. I deleted it but I could not empty it from the recycle bin. It comes up with "cannot remove folder (random numbers and letters) the DIRECTORY is not empty. I looked in this SITE : http://sniptools.com/vault/uninstall-and-remove-msn-messenger, and found a tip where it says "RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove Done. That should remove it. ". And so I run it and I find that the file is no longer in the recycle bin, but, when I CLICK empty, it comes up with the same "cannot remove folder" message. Does anyone know how to fix my problem? If so, thanks. Also, when I go to empty the files, it says "do you want to remove these 3 files" and I only have 1?MSN is part of windows like IE (internet explorer) so not only generally difficult to completely remove but also normally rather pointless. Why are you removing it?I'm uninstalling it because it doesn't work properly. I sign in and I recieve these errors, but now I can't open it at all. I found a shortcut to it and I open it and the msn can't be located.I have uninstalled it + reinstalled it successfully before, just using the add/remove programs method.Quote from: Mulreay on July 03, 2010, 05:39:13 PM MSN is part of windows like IE (internet explorer) so not only generally difficult to completely remove but also normally rather pointless. Why are you removing it? The OP (aca) seems to be talking about MSN Messenger, not MSN Explorer. And, MSN Messenger is not a standard part of Windows (Actually, I BELIEVE MSN Explorer is not normally installed as part of a standard installation of Win XP, although it's available via Add/Remove Windows Components, which is accessed via the Add or Remove Programs panel). Therefore, it must have been installed, would appear in Add/Remove Programs, and should be uninstallable from there. Mulreay might be thinking about Windows Messenger. Which are you trying to remove: MSN Messenger or Windows MessengerI'm trying to remove MSN. The new windows live messenger that you download.you should be able to remove Windows Live Messenger fro add remove programs I did but when I tried to reinstall it, the installer said that i still had Windows live messenger.

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I know there will be a myriad of different posts similar, if not the same as mine, but I have looked around to maybe find a solution but to no avail. Sorry if I seem stupid, as I am terrible with computers. Anyway, I uninstalled my MSN by removing it at add/remove programs. I then went to reinstall it but it said that I still had MSN installed, so I searched for all of the files that relate to MSN and I deleted them all.

I found a file called "Windows Live" (I think) and it was 160mb so I figured that it was the file to delete. I deleted it but I could not empty it from the recycle bin. It comes up with "cannot remove folder (random numbers and letters) the DIRECTORY is not empty. I looked in this SITE : http://sniptools.com/vault/uninstall-and-remove-msn-messenger, and found a tip where it says "RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove Done. That should remove it. ". And so I run it and I find that the file is no longer in the recycle bin, but, when I CLICK empty, it comes up with the same "cannot remove folder" message. Does anyone know how to fix my problem? If so, thanks.

Also, when I go to empty the files, it says "do you want to remove these 3 files" and I only have 1?MSN is part of windows like IE (internet explorer) so not only generally difficult to completely remove but also normally rather pointless.
Why are you removing it?I'm uninstalling it because it doesn't work properly. I sign in and I recieve these errors, but now I can't open it at all. I found a shortcut to it and I open it and the msn can't be located.I have uninstalled it + reinstalled it successfully before, just using the add/remove programs method.Quote from: Mulreay on July 03, 2010, 05:39:13 PM

MSN is part of windows like IE (internet explorer) so not only generally difficult to completely remove but also normally rather pointless.
Why are you removing it?

The OP (aca) seems to be talking about MSN Messenger, not MSN Explorer. And, MSN Messenger is not a standard part of Windows (Actually, I BELIEVE MSN Explorer is not normally installed as part of a standard installation of Win XP, although it's available via Add/Remove Windows Components, which is accessed via the Add or Remove Programs panel). Therefore, it must have been installed, would appear in Add/Remove Programs, and should be uninstallable from there. Mulreay might be thinking about Windows Messenger. Which are you trying to remove: MSN Messenger or Windows MessengerI'm trying to remove MSN. The new windows live messenger that you download.you should be able to remove Windows Live Messenger fro add remove programs I did but when I tried to reinstall it, the installer said that i still had Windows live messenger.

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