The Problem:-Every time you start Windows Media Center you get the following error:-
”Messenger Failure – You must install Windows Messenger…”
Why is it happening:-
It’s happening due to installation of security update described here:-
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946648
Resolution:-
1]Uninstall Security update KB 946648 from Add/Remove items in Control Panel.
2]Open Windows Media Center>Setting>Messenger>Uncheck the box against ‘Allow instant messages within Media Center’
3]Reinstall the Security Update.
Resolution via Registry Tweaking:-
To do this:-
Open Notepad and copy and paste the following:-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\ehshell.exe]
“AllowMessengerExecHandleFailure”=dword:00000001
Now save the above as a reg file.
Finally launch this .reg file to execute.
[courtesy to Richard Miller,MVP for the above registry tweak]
