I have a friend who continually gets this message:

"This application has failed to start because the
application configuration is incorrect."

I have had them uninstall/reinstall try with anti-virus
and firewall off and on. nothing seems to work.

any ideas?

Re: This application has failed to start by Jonathan

Jonathan
Sat Jan 22 13:34:35 CST 2005

Greetings Steever,

To fix this, run the setup program again (from http://messenger.msn.com/Download), and when
prompted, choose the 'Repair' option -- then after this, try running Messenger again.

Note: Messenger must be installed for this to work, simply uninstalling/reinstalling won't
fix this.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - 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) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"steever" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1b2701c5006c$581f6e50$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>I have a friend who continually gets this message:
>
> "This application has failed to start because the
> application configuration is incorrect."
>
> I have had them uninstall/reinstall try with anti-virus
> and firewall off and on. nothing seems to work.
>
> any ideas?



Re: This application has failed to start by steever

steever
Sun Jan 23 03:39:39 CST 2005

Thanks... This had no effect. I get the same message


>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Steever,
>
>To fix this, run the setup program again (from
http://messenger.msn.com/Download), and when
>prompted, choose the 'Repair' option -- then after this,
try running Messenger again.
>
>Note: Messenger must be installed for this to work,
simply uninstalling/reinstalling won't
>fix this.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Microsoft MVP - 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) 2004
Jonathan Kay.
>You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
>"steever" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:1b2701c5006c$581f6e50$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>I have a friend who continually gets this message:
>>
>> "This application has failed to start because the
>> application configuration is incorrect."
>>
>> I have had them uninstall/reinstall try with anti-virus
>> and firewall off and on. nothing seems to work.
>>
>> any ideas?
>
>
>.
>