How to effectively delete or reinstall Windows Messenger

Source: John Gormly

Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition are installed with Windows Messenger by default. However, if you try to delete or reinstall Windows Messenger, you will soon realize that you cannot perform this operation. I have a solution: it allows you to stop Windows Messenger from running.

After installing Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows adds a new feature called "Set Program Access and Defaults" to or from the control panel ". You can use this feature to delete Windows Messenger from other desktop-level locations in the Start Menu.

For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base 332003 article: "How to change the default program and activate or delete Microsoft Windows and non-Microsoft programs ."

One thing you need to remember is that if you use the registration editor by mistake, you may cause very serious problems, which may require you to reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems caused by incorrect use of the registration editor. So please be careful to make