MSN Messenger

[phirestalker]

MSN Messenger for 95 98, version 4.6 says it "needs" internet explorer installed, now I do not have nor do I want internet explorer, I want to know if anyone knows what files it "needs" or what it checks for b4 installing, please help

thanks

phire

[lord loh]

Solution 1: copy internet explorer on to your system...(copy not install) - I may not work....

Solution 2: Install IE and uninstall it leaving behind the shared libraries... - May work

Solution 3: Same as solution 2 but back up registry after installing and restore after uninstall...

Solution 4: Use another IM software....IndiaTimes messenger (http://messenger.indiatimes.com/) can interact with MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, AOL and Indiatimes. and also supports conference of different services....

Hope these help....

[phirestalker]

thanks, but I can't install IE, I'm on linux, and it won't install, I've tried everything. Also the reason I want MSN Messenger when i could use some of the programs that connect with it, is that I want the functionality of MSN Plus, put out by a third party website. If I just knew what it looks for to check for IE I could trick it into working.

[lord loh]

Sites recognise browers by the header that they send......

see rfc-2616

[phirestalker]

no I mean after I have downloaded the setup file for msn messenger. I click on it to install and click yes 2 times and then it says that msn messenger now requires internet explorer, I wish I knew more assembly language, I would just take that part out :P :D

[lord loh]

http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/

a resource hacker.....

You can remove dialog boxes....

but I do not know the behaviour of softwares which are digitally signed....

You still have alternative No.4.....