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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November 3rd, 2007 21:57
Thanks, a lot of options to SELECT to remove i like the flexibility on that. Good Job. I hope this will be an on going process on updating, and as dude above said all ready how do you get rid of the learn more about the Customer Experience Improvement Program?
if i could just get rid of that it would be set.
October 22nd, 2007 01:52
how do you remove that link that says “learn more about the customer experience improvement program” directly about the contact list… it has a stupid little “i” in a bubble beside it too. i jsut dont know what its called so i dont know which option to select to get rid of it
October 20th, 2007 07:53
Thanks for great program .. keep up this good works … AND DO NOT be affected for nobody like ((( Brash ))) and what ((( IT ))) think about ISLAM or any other religion
Allah please you Brother.
October 13th, 2007 07:18
Great patch! It’s so good I saw the light and converted to Islam! Praise Allah, and pass the dynamite. – morons! Ah yes – ain’t it great? We now push religion over our software… It’s not enough that we want to change your holidays to non-denominational designations, but now software!? Get Bent!
October 9th, 2007 03:31
So what if it has religious stuff at the end of it. The program works perfectly
October 8th, 2007 02:40
Wow, this program is really great. Good job to whoever worked on it.
September 23rd, 2007 16:25
Works like a charm – thx
September 17th, 2007 17:48
What a fantastic program. Removes all the clutter from MSN so easily. Thank you.
September 14th, 2007 01:52
[...] But, today I did a MSN Search for “Remove ads from live messenger”, and I came across a blog entry about this WONDERFUL program called “A-Patch”. [...]
August 29th, 2007 06:23
Hey man, GREAT job thnx
August 21st, 2007 16:14
thank god!!! and allah..lol @ the islamic message(u losers didnt notice the website the patch is from is all in arabic…lol)
now i hope that stupid script bullshit wont pop up every 5 minutes and disable messages without pressing “yes”
ugh stupid ads
August 17th, 2007 21:56
If it wasn’t for the religion shit at the end this would be good.
July 26th, 2007 08:55
Wow, this program is really great. But if it didn’t try to convert me to Islam, it would be a lot better.
July 23rd, 2007 23:48
BISHIN SWEET
July 5th, 2007 09:48
WORKSS … thanks
June 27th, 2007 12:14
this is awesome, but wtf is that religious bullshit at the end of the patch?
June 25th, 2007 10:52
I love you….
June 25th, 2007 02:48
Works – removed Ads from msn – Thanks
June 3rd, 2007 20:45
it worked here.
thanks
May 31st, 2007 14:48
This is not working :S
May 24th, 2007 10:14
Thanks for the info, went to mess.be before and couldn’t find anything useful.
May 21st, 2007 01:03
Piece of shit…doesn;t work
May 8th, 2007 15:49
[...] Live Messenger (MSN) zu verbergen bzw. zu löschen. Mag diese nicht gerne. Unter dem Link (hier) kann man die Werbung in dem Programm beseitigen und andere Features hinzufügen oder ebenfalls [...]
April 26th, 2007 02:09
[...] Hier hab ich doch mal was Sch
March 22nd, 2007 01:18
How is this any different to the mess.be pather thats been out to donkey’s years and always wokrs and is updated for new Beta versions?
I’ll keep using messpatcher thanks.