This article supersedes the Installing/uninstalling Windows Live 2009 (Wave 3) QFE 2 applications and the Windows Live Communications Platform update with the third QFE (Quick Fix Engineering) release versions of the Windows Live "Wave 3" 2009 products.
As per usual, there's no word yet on what's included in these updates and doubtful if we'll ever fully know. UPDATE (5/13/2010): After a day of usage we do know, the Webcam feature has been removed, as well the i'm emoticon. If you use either of these features, it is not recommend to upgrade unless you are experiencing other problems with Messenger.
Of note however, is that Windows Live Call and the Windows Live Toolbar has been updated, neither of which has been updated since the original QFE. Additionally, the included Silverlight install is still the previous 3.0 version and not the recently released 4.0.
These components would normally be automatically installed no matter what product you selected. Some provide some degree of value (like the Login Assistant) whereas others aren't too useful if you are doing a manual install. Naturally, if you are a doing a manual uninstall, you should remove all of these. Additionally, no matter what selection you choose in the normal setup, your Windows Update within Windows will be registered with Microsoft Update.
Posted on May 12, 2010, in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.	9 Comments.
so umm how do we actually Un-install it? coz Messenger 2009..cant be Un-installed…iv tried everything. O.o…Help?
Are there such standalone offline installers for Wave 4? Thanks in advance.
Hey there xpclient. No.. and yes. Although the 2011 works mostly similarly to the 2009 one, the actual number of MSIs (and also MSPs) has increased significantly.
A full install of 2009 uses only 21 MSI files, a few being optional or not necessary on up-to-date machines or versions of Windows after XP. A full install of 2011 (note, this info is from QFE1), uses 44 MSIs and 24 MSPs (the QFE patch). All have to be installed for the programs to work. Since you can't really do customized installs like you can with the 2009 MSIs, I never proceeded further in offering them here.
I've just been finishing up a post I've been working on for quite some time on the technical differences between 2009 and 2011 QFE1, QFE2, and QFE3 installers (the one released this week), so I'll have the exact numbers for the latest QFE when I post that.
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Jonathan, when I run the Mail.msi installer, I immediately receive the following message. NEWER VERSION OF WINDOWS LIVE MAIL IS INSTALLED ON THIS SYSTEM. However, I can't find anything related to WLM on this system. This msg comes back fairly quickly, but the only email software I have is OE Classic, which is a not very good substitute for WLM 2009. My laptop is running windows 8.1 and is 64 bit. I considered uninstalling OE Classic, but was concerned about losing all my e-mail files. Please help if you can.