Solved Facebook messenger won't work

stijnkraft

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Hi People!

I know the new Windows has a built in messenger system, but I think it's awful.
I can't get it to use my MSN account, it will only use my microsoft account, which is not the same e-mail address, and even if I could get it to do what I want, I'll still miss my taskbar and the flashing icons telling me who's talking to me. I also generally dislike the idea of not having a clear idea of which system you're 'talking on'. You just open a conversation, not knowing whether it will go through Facebook messenger, MSN messenger, whatever.
So I installed good old MSN messenger 8.5 beta. Then I tried installing Facebook messenger, as I don't like in-browser chatting (again; No taskbar, no overview). Doesn't work. Gives me an error 1603.
No solutions on the net so far.
Any ideas?
 

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I thought you could use live messenger to chat on Facebook.. why have two apps when 1 will do both jobs?
 

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Works awful. Again there's no way to choose to which service your message goes. Oddly enough, MSN prefers to use facebook.

There's also a reason why I still use messenger 8.5. The new versions are awful to live with.
 

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    Homebrew with Esi Juli@ soundcard and Dell 2007FP dualhead setup
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    Intel Core2Duo E8400 (2x3ghz)
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    Gigabyte EP41-UD3L
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    4GB DDR2
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    Nvidia Geforce 9600GT
I had the exact same problem as you. You need to activate .NET Framework 3.5

To do this go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off (in the left-hand menu) -> Check the box saying .NET Framework 3.5

Once you've done that you should be able to run the installer without any problems.
 

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Ticked both boxes, windows is now searching for required files let's see...
 

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    Homebrew with Esi Juli@ soundcard and Dell 2007FP dualhead setup
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    Intel Core2Duo E8400 (2x3ghz)
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte EP41-UD3L
    Memory
    4GB DDR2
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    Nvidia Geforce 9600GT
That did the trick just fine. Thanks!!!
 

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    Windows 8/7/XP/2000/Ubuntu/MacOS
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    Intel Core2Duo E8400 (2x3ghz)
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte EP41-UD3L
    Memory
    4GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce 9600GT
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