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Need help reinstalling Windows Live Messenger.
Not sure if normal discussion, non-question threads are allowed, but...
Seriously, Windows Live Essentials is such a hassle to install / uninstall / reinstall.
When I went to delete Messenger to attempt a re-install, it wasn't listed in add or remove programs, so then I had to go delete the folder in Program Files x86.
Then I had issues with the Windows Live Essentials thinking it was still installed. Even CCleaner wasn't enough to get rid of whatever it was tricking the installer into thinking it still existed.
In the end, it took a long time of browsing forums and so forth until I had to use third party tools to get it to work. People have had to develop their own dedicated tools for this specific problem.
Seriously, Microsoft, the creators of the Windows OS, and one of the most established companies in the world, should not have such crappy problems. I'm so annoyed that I actually had to rant somewhere about it.
But, for future reference, is there any more simple way of repairing MSN without going through all this again?
If anyone here knows anyone that has anything to do with the development of Live Messenger : Pass this info up. It's seriously a headache to deal with. I love the features of the programs themselves - the Essentials Antivirus is enough to protect anyone's computer (who won't download dumb crap) and messenger is good (except blocking people in nearly impossible now). It's just the installation that's so...crap, really. You shouldn't be nearly forced to do a system restore just to reinstall a single program.
Edit : Okay, so ACTUALLY it still doesn't work. Wow. Nothing I've done so far has gotten MSN reinstalled and working. I'm annoyed.
Help please. Otherwise I'll just have to forget about it entirely.
In add / remove programs, now Windows Live Messenger or Essentials or anything of the sort is even listed at all.
Last edited by Alexander Moore; 17 Oct 2012 at 00:13.