Remove Ads from Windows Live Messenger with A-Patch and Customize Messenger Options and Visualisation
Windows Live Messenger is an major upgrade and replacement to MSN Messenger series of popular IM client from Microsoft. Thus previously Windows Live Messenger also called MSN Messenger 8 and the new version features a lot of new features and more intuitive interface. However, the advertisements shown on the main window and the chat windows (message windows) of Windows Live Messenger is pretty annoying. There are few ways to remove, disable and get rid of the ads on Windows Live Messenger so that the messenger is ads free.
The easiest way is to download A-Patch, which is actually an utility to customize visual and functionality aspects of Windows Live Messenger or MSN Messenger. There are more than 70 options and configurations currently available and A-Patch now supports MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger version 8.0.0787 & 8.0.0792 in A-Patch 1.3.0 RC1 (build 37). Build 54 of A-Patch 1.3.0 RC1 increases support to Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0787, 8.0.0792, 8.0.0812, 8.1.0064, 8.1.0066, 8.1.0068, 8.1.0106, 8.1.0168 & 8.1.0178.
Direct download link: A-Patch 1.3.0 RC1 (build 54a) for Windows Live Messenger.
To disable and remove Windows Live Messenger ads, just extract and execute the A-Patch executable.
- Exit from Windows Live Messenger.
- If you’re first time running A-Patch, you will be prompted Advance Options screen. Just click OK to select the default.
- On the Welcome window (page 2), select “Patch Messenger” under “Choose an Option”, and make sure the path to the Windows Live Messenger is correct (default should be C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger which is shown automatically, unless you change your installation directory, otherwise leave it as it is.).
- Click Next.
- Click Next again.
- On the Contact List window (page 5), select the “Remove Advertisement” option (4th or 5th option, depending on how you count).
- Click Next.
- Click Next again.
- Click another Next again.
- In the Instant Messege window, select the “Remove Advertisement” option (last row).
- Click Next.
- Click Next again.
- Click another Next again.
- Now, click on Apply to remove the ads on Windows Live Messenger.
- You will be prompted to make sure you’re running the patch on a clean unmodified installation of MSN Messenger, and ensure that Windows Live Messenger has closed. Click on OK to continue.
- Patching done. Select “Launch MSN Messenger” and click Exit to launch the patched Windows Live Messenger without ads including text link ads.
A-Patch is a full featured customisation tools for MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger with the ability to modify the following options in version 1.3.0 RC1 (build 37):
[Contact List] – 30
Remove Windows Live Logo
Remove “Messenger” Title
Remove Display Picture Container
Remove Personal Message Bar
Remove E-mail Button
Remove Sharing Folders Button
Remove My Space Button
Remove Windows Live Today Button
Remove Make a Phone Call Button
Remove Yellow Information Bar
Change Display Picture Link
Remove Contacts Personal Message
Remove Toast Display Picture
Remove Gleam Notification
Remove Advertisement
Add Always On Top Button
Remove Search Bar
Remove Display Picture in Sign-In Window
Remove Bottom Links in Sign-In Window
Remove Windows Live ID Branding
Disable MSN Spaces Contact Card Integration
Remove Color Button
Disable Song Links
Remove Emoticons from Nicknames
Remove Contact Manager Bar
– Move Contact Manager Bar to the Bottom
– Remove Extra Padding from the Contact Manager Bar
– Remove “Add a Contact” Button from the Contact Manager Bar
– Remove “Manage your Contacts” Button from the Contact Manager Bar
– Remove Contact Search Field from the Contact Manager Bar
[Instant Message] – 34
Remove Windows Live Logo
Remove Invite Button
Remove Send Files Button
Remove Web Cam Button
Remove Call Button
Remove Activities Button
Remove Games Button
Remove Block Button
Remove Color Button
Remove Search Button
Remove My Display Picture Container
Remove Font Button
Remove Emoticons Button
Remove Voice Clip Button
Remove Backgrounds Button
Remove Winks Button
Remove Packs Button
Remove Nudge Button
Remove What’s Hot Section
Remove Formatting Toolbar Separator
Change Ink Tabs to Text
Remove Advertisement
Remove Contact’s Personal Messange and E-mail (To: Bar)
Remove Web Cam Icon from Avatar/DP Containers
Remove Nudge Delay
Disable Nudge Shake
Remove Send Button
Add Send Button to Handwriting Tab
Remove Status Information Bar Remove “Get a Webcam” Link Add Always On Top Button
Remove User Is Writing Message
Remove Convert Tab
Remove “says” Text
[Miscellaneous] – 6
Polygamy (Multi-MSN)
Show Idle Status
Shorten Status Info in Info Bar
Install WinAMP Plug-in for Now Playing feature
Remove Advertisement in Sharing Folders Window
Remove Billing Info Menus
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January 1st, 2007 02:35
Since the apatch site is down, I added rad.msn.com to the internet explorer’s restricted site list. The adds were gone when I reopened MSN Messenger. Many thanks for the tip, plus it’s nice to not have to install a potentially dangerous patch.
December 30th, 2006 13:40
hey thanks man rely works exactly what i needed
December 25th, 2006 13:56
I had downloaded windows live to communicate with my boss. But he does not have the right version of Yahoo. and now he is getting A REALLY IRRITATING little pop-up EVERYTIME HE SIGNS IN even though I uninstalled the program from my Comp…HOW CAN WE GET RID OF THE POP-Up that wants him to install Yahoo 8??? WITHOUT installing….
December 21st, 2006 10:32
How do u put Handwrtiting tool on Windows live messenger and do coninous nudges?
December 5th, 2006 19:35
excellent thankyou
December 5th, 2006 14:22
how do u do continuous nudges??
December 3rd, 2006 19:12
Serendipity please talk like a human. stop that vulgar turkish language.
November 13th, 2006 08:58
Solid thanks!
Chers!
October 23rd, 2006 21:19
What a great tool!
I hated that ad on the bottom of the main screen and since there are hardly any skins available for MSN 8, I thought I’d have to look at this for a while. Great customization tool.
Thanks a lot.
October 18th, 2006 18:13
Great app, finally got rid of that bloody NSPCC advert, who wants to see an incestual father brag about abusing his daughter ¬¬
I would recomend this to prog to all, Microsoft should be paying YOU to advertise within your messenger and monitor space. Dont stand for what they think they can just force on you.#
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October 4th, 2006 19:04
If all you are trying to do is hide / block / remove / disable ads in MSN Messenger or Windows Live Messenger, there is a much easier approach:
Add rad.msn.com to your Restricted Sites in Internet Explorer
Search on “rad.msn.com” and you’ll learn all kinds of things.
September 26th, 2006 18:07
Great tool, Thanks for sharing this.
September 24th, 2006 01:50
Great mod tool – very much needed thanks!
September 3rd, 2006 22:38
No, I have the same problem as Sam… my Delete is also greyed out in Tools/Options/Privacy… I have deleted myself from this person’s contact list (I have her password, as I created the account for her) and I was able to right-click Delete MY name from HER Blocked list, but cannot delete HER name from MY Blocked list. :-S
August 18th, 2006 16:55
Go to Tools -> Options -> Privacy, try to delete from there.
August 18th, 2006 16:36
Please help! I want to remove/delete some contacts in my block list.
Thank you.
PS: The delete option which appears when you rightclick is disabled.
August 15th, 2006 23:03
hi – this is a great little tool – respect to whoever made this !!
when i open my msn messenger i have all cookies blocked and i keep getting this really annoying pop up !!!a picture of the pop up can be seen here : http://ww1.pureupload.com/stfiles/362/error%20in%20msn.bmp
can anyone sort this out please – its really annoying – thanks a lot
August 10th, 2006 00:16
can you go back into the patch after you run it and edit it? if so how?
August 4th, 2006 22:15
[...] Yahoo! Messenger 7.5 and Yahoo! Messenger with Voice 8 is the install messaging client from Yahoo! which now able to exchange and send instant messages to Windows Live Messenger’s users. Like Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger has all the best features, with lots of advertisements and animated ads. If you don’t like the ads and wants no ads on Yahoo! Messenger window, there are few ways that allow you to remove the advertisements. Ads in Yahoo! Messenger can be removed by manually editing the registry. [...]
August 3rd, 2006 10:35
VERY NICE and helpfull indeed
July 21st, 2006 19:47
this is so hard
July 9th, 2006 23:52
[...] Windows Live Messenger, the new MSN Messenger from Microsoft is a nice instant messenger client except that it contains advertisements, banner ads on the main messenger window plus text ads on the chat windows. However, some programs can faciliate the ads removal from Windows Live Messenger, one of them is A-Patch, and another tool is WLM Universal Patcher++ from MasterLine. WLM Universal Patcher++ v0.9.1 will be able to enable the ability to multiple login to Windows Live Messenger, remove and hide banner ads, remove and hide WLM tabs, remove and make the ad bar invisible, remove and hide the MSN search at the bottom of WLM window, and remove the WLM actions pane (the options on top of the WLM contact list). [...]
July 6th, 2006 04:38
[...] Şimdi diyelim ki Windows Live Messenger indirdiniz ve reklamlarından ve birçok farklı özelliğinden mutlu değilsiniz. Hemen şuradan yamayı indirip, kurabilirsiniz. Ama yinede “ben öyle tek kişiyle chat yapmam, herkesi tek pencere’de göreyim diyorsanız. Messenger Plus’ı yükleyebilirsiniz“. [...]
July 3rd, 2006 12:35
[...] There is a new version of msn messenger and there is already an application to customize it for you ie getting rid of those bloody annoying ads down the bottom of the window.here [...]
June 23rd, 2006 20:09
Is there any way to get the contacts pictures back (like in MSN Messenger 7) where the little green guys are on the contact list?