Cannot initialise Windows Live Messenger

I have just downloaded the latest version of Windows Live Messenger, but
unfortunately it will not run.

Error message:
The application failed to initailize properly (0xe06d7363). Click OK to
teminate.


Any ideas?

Greetings,

Unfortunately this one isn't a known one and there isn't much debug output you can get for
this. You may want to try booting Windows into safe mode as a starting point to see if it
works there.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"Insel_Haber" <> wrote in message
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> I have just downloaded the latest version of Windows Live Messenger, but
> unfortunately it will not run.
>
> Error message:
> The application failed to initailize properly (0xe06d7363). Click OK to
> teminate.
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
>

Hi,

What happens if you go into the \Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger folder and run the
msnmsgr.exe executable directly there? If that works, just make a new shortcut to replace
the old and that should be a suitable workaround.

The default shortcut created is a Windows Installer shortcut as opposed to a direct one, and
its initialization might be the only problem.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--


"OneWorld4All" <> wrote in message
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> Interestingly I was able to start Messenger from the MSN website by
> clicking on the Messenger link on top. Furthermore messenger starts
> automatically from "run" entry in the registry without problems. But
> when I click on the shortcut to start it from desktop it gives the
> same error. In the past I never had this problem. If messenger is
> already running it simply switched to it if I clicked it again. I
> suspect that some file is being locked when Messenger starts and
> starting again will not allow to access the file second time. I
> believe this is a bug and would like others to check and confirm
> this? I am running Messenger 8.5.1302.1018 Version...
> Good day and thanks for the feedback.
>
>
> On Mar 22, 6:20 pm, "Jonathan Kay [MVP]"
> <msnewsrepl...@jonathankay.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Unfortunately this one isn't a known one and there isn't much debug output you can get for
>> this. You may want to try booting Windows into safe mode as a starting point to see if it
>> works there.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> MessengerGeek Blog:http://www.messengergeek.com
>> Messenger Resources:http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
>> --
>>
>> "Insel_Haber" <Insel_Ha...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:C5AF53ED-B830-4823-81F9-...
>>
>>
>>
>> > I have just downloaded the latest version of Windows Live Messenger, but
>> > unfortunately it will not run.
>>
>> > Error message:
>> > The application failed to initailize properly (0xe06d7363). Click OK to
>> > teminate.
>>
>> > Any ideas?- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>