Windows Live Messenger Uninstaller v0.01
This is the first public version of the Windows Live Messenger Uninstaller (v0.01).
What the tool does is basically remove a broken Windows Live Messenger installation. It really uses only the windows installer (msiexec.exe) to do the job combined with the CLSID of the installation that uniquely identifies the WLM version.
The symptoms might be that when you want to reinstall the application it might say that it is already installed, while actually it is not. When trying to remove it with the usual Configuration – Add/Remove software steps, it might not even appear in the list, while the setup of the WLM says it is really installed.
I decided to build this tool since there are a lot of people strugling with this problem [1][2][3][4]. All these existing solutions presented by people on these sites use the single command with a CLSID key (eg. msiexec /x {B1403D7D-C725-4858-AACC-7E5FA2D72859}), but since the key is different for each WLM version such a solution might only be useful if you have that exact version. It can also be done manually by changing the registry keys, but I thought this would speed up the work significantly since there might be a lot of keys to search in (The location we are talking about here is: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\])
I heard of people formatting the entire hard drive because of not being able to resolve this, so I really hope this gets around and avoids a lot of headaches.
You can download this first version of the tool below.
Download binary | Download source code (pascal)
MD5 hash binary: 7525a442da4b4515c8166debfc4a4d01
MD5 hash source code: 28efa8f882c5354c6c4845393724e99a
Requirements
The tool is tested on Windows 7, but should also work on XP and Vista.
Usage
The tool is very simple to use. If it finds an installation it will give you the uninstall command that you can use to manually remove it. You can also press RUN and it will run the command automatically for you.
Note: This software comes with absolute no warranty! By using this program you agree that I am not responsible for anything caused by this software whatsoever.
Future releases
If you have any comments, suggestions or bugs, please put them here in the comments. If it is useful I might add/fix it in the next release.
Currently I’m planning to build a more general remover for the Windows Live series, since there are also other components that could get broken.
References
[1] http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_uninstall_windows_messenger.html#comments
[2] http://ayumilove.wordpress.com/2009/03/14/how-to-install-remove-windows-live-messenger-2009/
[3] http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/02/11/remove-and-uninstall-windows-messenger/
[4] http://www.vistax64.com/live-messenger/185883-cannot-uninstall-windows-live-messenger-beta-2009-a.html
Untrue descriptions on other sites linking to this page
The link to this topic is already published on several sites, but unfortunately the presented description of the tool is misleading. For it says that I’m claiming to have a better tool than all the other existing solutions, which is of course not true. This is only another alternative that may solve the problem.
In my description I was only referring to the existing solutions presented on the topics and comments on these that I used as references (see above [1][2][3][4]) and not on any other existing tool that probably uses other methods.
Softpedia certification
The tool can now also be downloaded from Softpedia.
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worked fine on win xp ome edition
Mate, i love you
ive waited ages n ages to get rid of it to try agen (Y) (Y)
thanx man you made my day!!
thankyou SOOOOOOO MUCH!!!
this was driving me crazy!!
thankyou thankyou!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Worked perfectly on my Windows 7 machine!!
It’s not working for me, it say “Windows Live Messenger not found!” How can I get around this? Thanks.
Thans dude. U save me!
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Cheers
man I <3 you
So simple. Perfect life saver. Really appreciated. Works fine with XP SP3.
Win7, 64-Bit, amazing! Thank you.
you are the best. thank you. worked on xpsp3 x32.
Thank you so much I felt lost until I found this. Thank you !
wooow you really did it……!!
I was kind of blowing my head off cause I couldn´t find the fucking uninstaller manually ( and actually wondering… why am I such a piece of noob?)..but well, congrats again..you are great.
working fine on win 7..!!!
Hi, Thank you so much, very happy to found your program, nothing worked well until I found it
you are a genius 
nonetheless I still do not understand why microsoft made this application so difficult to remove!!!!
I had wlm 14 build, and running on xp!
Thanks again.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
I’ve been dying to find a way uninstalling it.
Tried lots of methods and all of it failed…
Thank you for creating this great little tool! It ran perfectly in Win 7-64.
tqvm it work very good well done=)
YOU THE MAN !!! Been trying to FULL remove MSN Live 14 for 2 weeks! THANK YOU!
man it really worked on me i’ve been trying for around 1 month to uninstall it…you really saved me thank you
:):)
Ohhhh thanks so much…!! Works on XP profesional SP3 too
Youve just solved all my wlm problems!
ILY!!! <333
great work thanks!
oh man i love u srsly tnx for saving me doing a lot of work <33
Life saver mate. Thank you so much <3 ^.^
OMG! Thank you!!! I was almost about to start crying haha!
it says Windows Live Messenger not found..
but when i try to install windows live it says i already have the program?
@rjeevs
Tried ZapMessenger, seemed to work. Thanks anyway! sorry for double post
Thank you so much! Just bought a new computer with Windows 7 and have done everything I know to do to rid myself of the WLM. I am not very computer savvy. Thanks for your hard work and willingness to share and help others.
You sir, are a genius! Worked perfectly on Vista Home Premium x86 (32 bit).
Much love to you
hi,once i install this will it stay on my system? how do i remove it?
thankyou.
@kkkkkkk
This files is not an installation, but a portable executable. You can just run it, remove WLM, and then directly delete the tool.
okay,thank you
!
can this be modified to remove windows live writer? it worked perfectly with removing windows live messenger…
@bettybae
In principle it can. But do you have the same problems with Windows Live Writer?
My future plan was, if there is any need of course, to build a general remover for all the Windows Live products. But I’m not sure if there are also persistent problems with the other products as is the case with Windows Live Messenger.
Thanks a million,worked as a charm in Windows 7 64 bit,very much appreciated.
MAN I LOVE YOU
Thx alooooooot
Sir you are a genius,although Windows live essentials is still there,i dont get the sign on screen on start up,along with the HP creditial sign on(a pain). thank you so very much.
I should have added i am running Vista Home Basic. Once again Thank you.
Ty so much man , u r rly the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! YOU’RE A LIFE SAVER!
al zoveeeel programa’s gedownload beweerd weg te zijn maar dat is het niet
misschien omdat mijn msn op de d schijf staat :s i dont know werkt alvast niet bij mij , zoek al zolang maarja
Misschien probeer je Windows Messenger te verwijderen ipv. Windows Live Messenger?
OMG, thank you so much…
Was ready to frickin reimage from a back up cos of this stupid problem.
Thank you!
Will you marry me?
I’ve tried everything to get rid of that new sucky msn, and thanks to you, I finally could!
@Rochelle
For everyone else, thanks also for all your replies and positive feedback.
I’m very glad that the tool helped Rochelle.
Thank you so much!
It worked like a charm! :3
HEy u rock ..man…Microsoft should hire people like you…New versions of WLM really sucks…they might have hired stupid coders and testers these days
mijn windows live messenger is succesvol verwijderd.
ik krijg nu wel steeds bericht als ik iets wil openen van :kan geen toegang krijgen tot het opgegeven apparaat/pad/bestand
en daarboven staat
c:\programs~1\java\jre6\bin\ssvagent.exe
enig idee hoe ik hiervanaf kom ?
Thanks so much! I had someone to evidently…..hack in on my computer and use there messanger…because when I logged in on internet….her messanger showed up on my computer…She had not been her this day!
So I assume that she hacked in on my computer because why else would her Windows live messanger show up on my computer?
So I needed to delete it right away!
Thank you!! This is helpful!