Daniel_Purton Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 When i try to install Messenger, i get an error coming up that says"MSN Messenger setup has failed with error code: '1601'. Please go to the MSN Messenger Web site and download the software from there."Has anyone had this problem before? or does anyone have a suggestion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 did u have it installed b4?anyways go look and delete everything u have about msn in registry.then look for the .msi file in windows dir. delete that and then installthat's not a tried method, I do this whenever I get an error as stupid as that. it usually works... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABEO Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Yeh delete all the files associated with it and try again.Allthough I had the setup I used on XP and it didn't work on a fresh installation, I just went to http://www.msnmessenger-download.com and redownloaded it(XP version again) and it works now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 wow is that a ms webpage? never knew about it or did they change the layout or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp22382 Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 when i tried to install msn messenger on win server 2k3 it gave me the same troubles, i believe what i did is download the version for windows 2000..... viola! works fine.hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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