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Anonymous 12/12/30(Sun)14:40 No. 19765 ID: b20a90

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Dear /halp/!

I know that Microsoft Live Messenger will be scrapped in Q1 2013. But I did the mistake of "upgrading" to Skype. I uninstalled it and now I can't re install Messenger. Can someone please tell me how to?

Anonymous 12/12/30(Sun)15:19 No. 19766 ID: c787d1

>>19765
You can connect Skype to Windows Live Messenger, you know.

Anonymous 12/12/30(Sun)15:47 No. 19767 ID: b20a90

>>19766
The thing is, when I installed Skype, it totally uninstalled it. And now I can't reinstall it.

Anonymous 12/12/31(Mon)00:15 No. 19772 ID: 2b9159

Okay. What happens when you try to install this?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/essentials-home

Anonymous 12/12/31(Mon)00:29 No. 19773 ID: d313d5

Man I never liked Windows messenger back in the days of Windows 2000. Glad I never bothered with it because it sounds like it has become a complete catastrophuck.

Anonymous 12/12/31(Mon)09:01 No. 19776 ID: b20a90

>>19772
It claims that Messenger is already installed.

Anonymous 12/12/31(Mon)10:13 No. 19777 ID: 2b9159

>>19776
I would bet that it's still installed then, and all that's happened is that the Skype installer removed your shortcuts from the start menu.

Try uninstalling Skype, then uninstall all of essentials (assuming that's how you installed messenger in the first place), then see if the installer still says its installed. I would bet not.

There's probably a way to force it to install, usually it's a command-line switch like -f or /f, sometimes passing /? will tell you what all the switches are. But uninstalling then reinstalling is going to be cleaner for you.

Anonymous 12/12/31(Mon)10:15 No. 19778 ID: 2b9159

Also, worst case, just use something platform-neutral like Pidgin. They don't give a shit if Microsoft spent 5 billion dollars on Skype, they're still going to work with Live, AIM, ICQ, etc.

Anonymous 12/12/31(Mon)17:27 No. 19780 ID: b20a90

>>19778
I've tried it, and it's pretty good. I'm also using Miranda IM, but I'll probably go back to Pidgin.

However, file transfer worked best in Messenger, and I've discovered that the multi-platforms has serious issues with that.

Anonymous 13/01/01(Tue)10:57 No. 19782 ID: 2b9159

A couple more ideas... if it's still installed then msnmsgr.exe should be in C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger (if you're on 64-bit Windows it'll probably be in C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger). Just double-click it to launch it.

For older versions of WLM you could use this tool:
http://messengergeek.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/solving-messenger-install-reinstall-and-uninstall-issues-with-zapmessenger/

But it doesn't work with the last couple versions. But I bet if you ask the guy nicely he'll share his newest version with you, which should remove enough traces of the old version for Essentials to reinstall WLM.

Anonymous 13/01/01(Tue)22:05 No. 19785 ID: b20a90

>>19782
Thanks! I'll check it out.

Anonymous 13/01/01(Tue)23:09 No. 19786 ID: b20a90

Is it possible to manually excise the traces of Messenger and then re-install it? Because the "uptate" of Live Essentials seems more like some kind of cock block for Skype.

Anonymous 13/01/02(Wed)04:18 No. 19787 ID: 2b9159

>>19786
Its certainly possible, but the trick is understanding what Essentials relies on to determine whether Messenger is installed.

Normally its just data kept in the Installer area of the registry, but with Messenger being part of Windows it could be more complicated than that.

Anonymous 13/01/02(Wed)09:05 No. 19790 ID: 264462

Hmm... I've got an older HD where I used to run Messenger under a different user name. Is it possible to "transplant" it to the new?

Or is it just better to encourage my Messenger contacts to install some other IM that allows file transfer?

Anonymous 13/01/02(Wed)09:06 No. 19791 ID: 264462

>>19790
P.S. The sync folder of the old MSN was just bees knees. Is there any similar IM?

Anonymous 13/01/02(Wed)23:58 No. 19797 ID: b20a90

What the fuck is this? Skype has file transfer?

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-transfer-files-with-skype.html

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