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How To Completely Uninstall MessengerDiscovery

We're sorry that you want to uninstall MessengerDiscovery. To be helpful to the end, below is a list what to do when you want to completely uninstall MessengerDiscovery:

Close Windows Live Messenger

Close Windows Live Messenger (exit it from system tray menu).
Be sure other Windows Live Messenger accounts are closed too.
Check if the program is stopped completely by pressing ctrl + shift + esc and check for the process: msnmsgr.exe.
If it still exists, kill this process.

Removing MessengerDiscovery

"Start" > "Control Panel" > "Add or Remove Programs".
In the current list find MessengerDiscovery and press "Remove".

Removing MessengerDiscovery folder and registry entries

Remove MessengerDiscovery folder in "C:\Program Files\MessengerDiscovery 3\".
Does this folder not exist, you probably installed it somewhere else.
There are two ways to remove the registry keys: one manual (for expert users) and another automatic (easier and efficient).

Manual remove registry keys

"Start" > "Run" > type "regedit"
Find the following keys and delete them (if they still there):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ecko_complex

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MessengerDiscovery

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MessengerDiscovery Live

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Matt Holwood

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Matt Holwood

Also check in your messenger folder, that you don't have the following files there left (you probably have to allow to see hidden files under "Tools" > "Folder Options" to see those files):
- winmm.dll
- version.dll