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MSN Messenger Service starts each time I log on, but it isn't in a Startup group. How do I stop it?
John Savill
March 22, 2001
1 Min Read
A. The MSN Messenger Service places itself in the run portion of the registry as %systemdrive%:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe /background. If you want to remove MSN Messenger Service entirely, use the Add/Remove programs Control Panel applet. However if you simply want to stop the Messenger Service from starting, perform the following steps:
Start regedit.exe.
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun.
Right-click the MSMSGS entry, and select Delete.
Click Yes to the confirmation.
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