How do I disable Windows Messenger?

[Dr. Jim]

I just installed the Student Edition of Office 2003 on a laptop running Win XP Pro. Before installation, I had disabled the Windows Messenger program throught the control panel. Once I installed Office 2003, the icon appears in the system tray. When I right-click on it to exit the program, it says I cannot shut down the program while another program is using it (Outlook/Word/Excel).
How do I completely remove the Windows Messenger program? Will I screw-up Office 2003 or other programs if I complete;ly remove this program? Must I have to have Messenger on my system
If I can't remove the darn program completely, how can I disable it so that it does not run and does NOT show up in my system tray
Many thanks in advance for your assistance
Dr. Jim

 

[Eric Lawrence [MSFT]]

In Outlook, choose Tools | Options | Other and uncheck the two Messenger
options at the bottom of the tab. After restarting, there should no longer
be any relationship between Outlook and Messenger.

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Thanks,

Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

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I just installed the Student Edition of Office 2003 on a laptop running

Win XP Pro. Before installation, I had disabled the Windows Messenger
program throught the control panel. Once I installed Office 2003, the icon
appears in the system tray. When I right-click on it to exit the program,
it says I cannot shut down the program while another program is using it
(Outlook/Word/Excel).

How do I completely remove the Windows Messenger program? Will I screw-up

Office 2003 or other programs if I complete;ly remove this program? Must I
have to have Messenger on my system?

If I can't remove the darn program completely, how can I disable it so

that it does not run and does NOT show up in my system tray?

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

In Outlook, choose Tools | Options | Other and uncheck the two
Messenger options at the bottom of the tab. After restarting, there
should no longer be any relationship between Outlook and Messenger.

Just don't start Outlook Express either - it also overrides your Control
Panel preferences and restarts Messenger too. Really annoying.

 

[CZ]

Just don't start Outlook Express either - it also overrides your Control
Panel preferences and restarts Messenger too. Really annoying.

Mike:

Have you tried disabling the Contacts pane vial Tools: Layout

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

Panel preferences and restarts Messenger too. Really annoying.

Mike:

Have you tried disabling the Contacts pane vial Tools: Layout

Makes no difference.

Mike Williams - Office MVP http://www.mvps.org/faq/

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[Chuck]

Eric,
Your suggestion worked perfectly for Outlook 2003.

Thanks,
Chuck


----- Eric Lawrence [MSFT] wrote: -----

In Outlook, choose Tools | Options | Other and uncheck the two Messenger
options at the bottom of the tab. After restarting, there should no longer
be any relationship between Outlook and Messenger.

--
Thanks,

Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.