How to Remove & Reinstall NetMeeting

NetMeeting is a voice and videoconferencing application that came in versions of Windows prior to Windows XP. The NetMeeting feature was replaced in Windows XP and in newer versions of Windows, such as Windows Vista and Windows 7, with the new conferencing program, Windows Meeting Space. If you have NetMeeting on a computer running an older version of Windows, and NetMeeting encounters an issue that prevents the program from opening on the system, you can fix the problem by reinstalling the software.

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  Click the "Start" menu, select "My Computer," open the "C" drive and choose the Windows folder. Double-click the "Inf" folder.

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  Right-click the file labeled "Msnetmtg.inf." Choose "Copy" from the menu. Close the window, right-click on the desktop of your computer and choose "Paste" to add a copy of the file to the desktop.

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  Click the "Start" menu and choose "Run." In the box that opens, type "%SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection NetMtg.Remove 132 msnetmtg.inf" and press "Enter." According to the Microsoft website, the command is case-sensitive. All of the NetMeeting files uninstall from the computer, except for the file you copied to the desktop.

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  Go to the desktop of the computer and right-click the "Msnetmtg.inf" file. Choose "Install" from the menu that comes up.

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  Place the installation CD for your Windows operating system into the CD drive if prompted on the screen. If you do not have the Windows CD, you can also navigate to the "Windows" folder again and double-click the "i386" folder to point the NetMeeting installation wizard to the system files already installed on your computer, according to the Windows XP website. NetMeeting will begin to reinstall to the computer.

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  Restart the computer once the installation wizard is done. The original version of NetMeeting is completely removed from your computer and replaced with a fresh copy of the program.