| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 32629 | 2003-04-24 05:02:00 | MSN Messenger 5 | poppy (552) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 138438 | 2003-04-24 05:02:00 | I have Win XP home edition. Have just downloaded Messenger 5 but I still have the previous 4.7 version icon in my desktop bottom menu bar. How can I remove that icon? I looked within control panel Add/Remove programs and only the v 5 is there so there is nothing of the 4.7 to remove. This is a silly little thing I know but sometimes I click on the wrong icon and get the older version. Why don't I just relax and worry about things like the Sars virus you might ask. | poppy (552) | ||
| 138439 | 2003-04-24 05:09:00 | > I have Win XP home edition. Have just downloaded > Messenger 5 but I still have the previous 4.7 version > icon in my desktop bottom menu bar. How can I remove > that icon? I looked within control panel Add/Remove > programs and only the v 5 is there so there is > nothing of the 4.7 to remove. This is a silly little > thing I know but sometimes I click on the wrong icon > and get the older version. Why don't I just relax and > worry about things like the Sars virus you might ask. Try left/right click on that icon & select delete or remove, you should be able to remove it that way. Hope this helps |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 138440 | 2003-04-24 05:15:00 | Yes, I have a feeling that you created this icon yourself, and since the installation of MSN Messenger 4.7 didn't know about it, it wasn't replaced to point to the newer version. | agent (30) | ||
| 138441 | 2003-04-24 05:37:00 | thanks. Right or left clicking doesn't give me a menu with delete on it tho! | poppy (552) | ||
| 138442 | 2003-04-24 05:47:00 | You sure? I believe that the icon is in the Quick Launch area, next to the Start button? Click on the Start button, click 'Run' (located down the bottom, usually on the right). Type, without the speech marks, "%userprofile%" when you are logged in. In the address bar (it should say the username in it, along with the location of the folder). After that, paste in "\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch". You should then be in the folder which contains the Quick Launch icons. Alternatively, you could type in "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch" into the 'Run' prompt mentioned earlier, and you should be in the same place. Locate the icon for MSN Messenger, highlight it, and press the Delete key on your keyboard. Click Yes, telling it you want to delete it. Then, open the Start menu, locate an icon for MSN Messenger that points to the correct location, and drag it into the Quick Launch folder. It should make a copy of it, and you will have the correct MSN Messenger icon in the Quick Launch area. |
agent (30) | ||
| 138443 | 2003-04-24 06:03:00 | thanks again you people are wonderful. The icon(s) are actually on the right hand side next to the clock just out of interest. However I followed your detailed instructions and I think I have solved it. Boy does an old girl like me love detailed step by steps!! thanks again | poppy (552) | ||
| 138444 | 2003-04-24 06:11:00 | That might've actually been Windows Messenger. If you can get two of the little MSN icons down there (the System Tray), hold the mouse over first one then the other, until a little cream-coloured rectangle pops up. If both say "MSN Messenger" (possibly followed by something like " - Signed In", I wouldn't have a clue how it got that way. However, if one says "Windows Messenger", that's a different matter. I recall "getting rid of" Windows Messenger on my computer a few days ago, but don't remember exactly how, and in reality, it doesn't actually get removed, just "hidden", in a sense. If you want to try and "remove" Windows Messenger, I think you can do it via the Add/Remove Programs part of the Control Panel (accessible by typing "appwiz.cpl" in the 'Run' box I mentioned in an above post). Click on the 'Add/Remove Windows Components' part, and wait until another box comes up. On the list, there should be a tick next to 'Windows Messenger'. Deselect the tickbox, click OK, and close everything that you just opened. You should now find that Windows Messenger won't launch. |
agent (30) | ||
| 138445 | 2003-04-24 06:19:00 | yes you're right. One was Windows Messenger and the latest version is Msn Messenger. But using your latest suggestion (appwiz.cpl) there is still no Windows messenger 4.7 to Remove. Maybe that's good. Anyway I don't see the other icon now so maybe all is sorted. | poppy (552) | ||
| 1 | |||||