Control-Alt-Delete – Henry Poon's Blog https://blog.henrypoon.com Mon, 26 Aug 2019 01:00:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 83044199 Windows Live Messenger/MSN (Or Any Program) Refuses to Open https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2010/02/23/windows-live-messengermsn-or-any-program-refuses-to-open/ https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2010/02/23/windows-live-messengermsn-or-any-program-refuses-to-open/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:32:16 +0000 http://henrypoon.mooo.com/blog/windows-live-messengermsn-or-any-program-refuses-to-open Usually this happens because there is already a msnmsgr.exe process open in the task manager.  To remedy this, open up the task manager by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del and clicking Task Manager, or Start > Run > taskmgr.

Find all instances of msnmsgr.exe and end those processes, and then reopen the program

This fix is usually applicable to programs other than MSN.  In a way it is also a general solution for programs refusing to open.

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