Messenger 8.1 had to close VISTA

I was running Messenger 8.1 under Windows XP Media Centre Edition I did the
upgrade to Vista Home Premium and it kept coming up saying messenger had to
close whenever messenger tried to start.

So I uninstalled and reinstalled messenger 8.1 and the same problem... so I
searched the net and it said messenger 8.0 would work so I reverted back to
that and it works.

However my brother has Vista and is using messenger 8.1 question is why
doesn't it work in Vista on my machine only 8.0 does?


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Greetings,

More than likely what's happened is a problem in your Messenger client cache which is in a
different location in 8.1 than in 8.0 (hence why one works and one doesn't).

To check, click Start and type the following:
%appdata%\..\local\microsoft
then hit Enter.

Rename the Messenger folder to something else (Messenger old or something) and then install
8.1.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"Nick Le Lievre" <> wrote in message
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>I was running Messenger 8.1 under Windows XP Media Centre Edition I did the upgrade to Vista
>Home Premium and it kept coming up saying messenger had to close whenever messenger tried to
>start.
>
> So I uninstalled and reinstalled messenger 8.1 and the same problem... so I searched the
> net and it said messenger 8.0 would work so I reverted back to that and it works.
>
> However my brother has Vista and is using messenger 8.1 question is why doesn't it work in
> Vista on my machine only 8.0 does?
>
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>

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:006971CA-315C-46C8-A911-...
> Greetings,
>
> More than likely what's happened is a problem in your Messenger client
> cache which is in a different location in 8.1 than in 8.0 (hence why one
> works and one doesn't).
>
> To check, click Start and type the following:
> %appdata%\..\local\microsoft
> then hit Enter.
>
> Rename the Messenger folder to something else (Messenger old or something)
> and then install 8.1.

I can't rename the folder as it says destination folder access denied.. you
need permission to perform this action... I am logged in as Nick Le Lievre
and it is Nick Le Lievre > appdata > local > microsoft why haven't I got
permission? I`ll try and do it logged in as administrator


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Hi,

If you don't have permissions to that folder, that could be part of the issue.

If you look at the properties of the folder, Security tab, then Advanced, then Owner tab,
then Edit button, you should be able to give yourself ownership and add yourself to the
access list.

In Vista, simply using Admin usually doesn't help with the default permissions.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"Nick Le Lievre" <> wrote in message
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> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:006971CA-315C-46C8-A911-...
>> Greetings,
>>
>> More than likely what's happened is a problem in your Messenger client cache which is in a
>> different location in 8.1 than in 8.0 (hence why one works and one doesn't).
>>
>> To check, click Start and type the following:
>> %appdata%\..\local\microsoft
>> then hit Enter.
>>
>> Rename the Messenger folder to something else (Messenger old or something) and then
>> install 8.1.
>
> I can't rename the folder as it says destination folder access denied.. you need permission
> to perform this action... I am logged in as Nick Le Lievre and it is Nick Le Lievre >
> appdata > local > microsoft why haven't I got permission? I`ll try and do it logged in as
> administrator
>
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
>