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Messenger service not found under services.msc

Anonymous
2011-10-06T18:53:45+00:00

Hello,

I'm in college and last year during big projects I would contact my partners via Net Send. All the computers are Windows XP service pack 3. I'm not sure if they were service pack 3 last year, but now they are. The problem is, every time I try using net send,  it doesn't work. I know I'm typing everything right, just the same as I did before, but now it's disabled on the computers. Then I did a little research to find out how to re-enable it, and when you go to run and go to services.msc, Messenger should be found under the window that pops up, and you should have the option to start the service. Well, it's not found under services.msc on any of the computers anymore. I tried finding out how to get it back on the computers, but I can't find anything. Can someone please help me get net send (Messenger) service running on all the computers? By that, I mean just tell me how to do it.

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-10-13T16:30:14+00:00

    I entered sc create messenger binPath= C:\Windows\system32\msgsvc.dll          in cmd and it said this.

    "[SC] CreateService SUCCESS"

    and "messenger" is now located under services.msc

    BUT, when I try to run it, it says "Could not start the messenger service on Local Computer. Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified."

    So what is the next step to fixing this? Thank you for your continued help.

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  2. LemP 74,925 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2011-10-12T18:55:06+00:00

    My mistyping.  You need to leave a space after the = but no space before.  In other words, a space before the C:\Windows.  Thus:         

    sc create messenger binPath= C:\Windows\system32\msgsvc.dll

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  3. LemP 74,925 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2011-10-12T16:48:52+00:00

    Sorry.  The fact that the system doesn't know about messenger doesn't bode well for you, but try this:

    sc create messenger binPath=C:\Windows\system32\msgsvc.dll

    I don't know if the information for the other options is in the dll file.

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  4. LemP 74,925 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2011-10-11T23:44:29+00:00

    Assuming that the dll file has not been removed,

    • Open a Command Prompt window and type

                                sc create messenger {press Enter}

    • Reboot

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  5. Anonymous
    2011-10-07T15:28:44+00:00

    That did not work. Maybe you misunderstood my question. I need the messenger service used to use the NETSEND command. When you go to services.msc, Messenger is not on the list, so you can't enable/disable it, because it isn't even on there.

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