March 20
Solution to Windows Live Messenger Login Error 800c013e
I had a problem with Windows Live Messenger 2009. I could not logon. I tried repair and reinstallation but neither of them worked. I googled for solution and I did not find any. After several hours of struggling I finally find one. I log it here for anyone who might need help.
I am using Windows Vista Business edition on a Thinkpad T60. Again, my messenger version is 2009, i.e. version 14. Please notice that I am not responsible for any results caused by following these fixing steps.
You should first shut down Windows Live Messenger. You can do this by killing the process msnmsgr.exe.
Then you can go to C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\, you can see several Windows live folder there. Go into Windows Live Contacts and Windows Live, and delete anything you can see in the folder.
Then you can try to log on again. Windows Live Messenger should be working well.
If your messenger is missing some function (this might happen since I am not from Microsoft and I have no idea how exactly the messenger works), then you can go to control panel, uninstall a program, choose Windows Live Essential, choose uninstall. When the uninstaller asks you “Uninstall” or “Repair”, choose repair.