Mail Agent is a very simple, but at the same time, multifunctional messenger that allows you to quickly exchange messages, send various files and even make calls.

Moreover, all these options are provided for free, which determined the high popularity of the application. However, many users face the problem how to update Agent Mail Ru. This article is intended to resolve this issue.

How to update Mail Ru Agent on a computer

The developers of this program took into account the features of modern devices, sometimes very different from each other, so they offer an application for several operating systems and devices:

• android;
• windows;
• macOS;
• Symbian;
• Java and others.

Accordingly, first of all, it is necessary to find out which operating system installed. In the future, those who decide update Mail Ru Agent on the computer, you have to follow several steps:

It should be noted that the program does not require any payment when downloading or updating. In addition, it always notifies users that its next version has appeared by sending a corresponding message. That is, you will never miss the release of a new version of the Agent.

How to update Mail Ru Agent on your phone

Update Mail Ru Agent on phone can be done in the same way as described above. Only this time, through a smartphone, you need to go to the official website of the developer and download from there new version programs. The application is installed in the same way.

Also, a new version of the agent is always available via Google Play and AppStore. On any of these resources, it is enough to drive the phrase “Mail ru Agent” into the search for it to issue the corresponding application for the phone. When downloading from here, you need to remember that the program is free. Therefore, those versions that require any funds are best left unattended.

Hello everyone Today we will cover two topics, this is disabling the Agent update from Mail.ru and how to completely remove it from the computer. So what is this Mail ru Agent in general? This is a program with which users who have an account on Mail.ru can communicate, transfer files, make calls, and also have video communication. In general, I personally used this program for a long time, so to speak, I tried to communicate, but somehow I didn’t like it and I stayed on ICQ. Yes, there was still ICQ then, but few people use it now, but about ten years ago it was popular

Mail ru Agent is not liked by users because it has such behavior, well, in short, obsessive, this is how this behavior can be characterized. Not all users can simply delete it, for some it doesn’t want to delete it at all, in general, users write everything, and I think it’s time for me to deal with this matter ..

I installed Mail.ru Agent to understand what kind of beast it is and can I tame it? Will I be able to delete it, or prohibit the update, can I find out in which folders it has taken root and where in Windows it left its marks? This is all I have to learn today and I think that I will succeed

So I started mail on Mail ru, downloaded the Agent, installed it, launched it, there was a field for login and password, I indicated everything that was needed and logged in to the Agent. Everything went smoothly, there were no lags, in the end this is the picture:

Well, that is, a pure Agent, there are no contacts or conversations in it .. If you click on this button:

Then the following menu will appear:

Here you can add a contact, create some kind of group chat, turn off sounds ... In general, the Agent has advanced since the last time I saw him, this is a fact. Okay, now let's click here Settings, let's see what's what, then the settings have opened, see how they look:

I thought that the settings would be smaller. So what can be configured here? On the General tab, you can move the slider Run at system startup, so that the Agent itself does not turn on when Windows starts ...

But how to disable the Agent's auto-update?

But one thing I’m wondering is where to turn off the Agent’s auto-update, well, so that it doesn’t update itself .. Hmm, I wonder if I still don’t find this option ... So I went through all the settings, but I didn’t find something to turn off auto-update, this is weird. Okay, I'll do one more thing now. In general, my guesses turned out to be correct, which means that programs often have a so-called assistant in the form of a module that is responsible for updating. This is a special module and it is available in many programs, including the Agent! And look, I'm showing you what to do, first start the dispatcher:

And here the folder where the Agent is installed will open, here it is:

But the most important thing is the magentsetup.exe file, it is responsible for installing the Agent, including auto-updating, or rather, I'm not sure about it, but I think so .. When updating this file, that is, the magentsetup.exe module is launched, and downloads the new version of the Agent and puts it on top. See, there is also a magent.exe file there? So, this is the Agent itself! That is, to disable the auto-update of the Agent, you need to make the magentsetup.exe module inoperative, but how can this be done safely? Yes, you can just remove it. This is a radical method, but a little dangerous, all of a sudden then there will be jambs and glitches, do you need this? I think no! Therefore, you just need to rename it! Here, rename from magentsetup.exe to magentsetup.exe_ I always add a lower space character for such purposes. To rename, then click once on magentsetup.exe and then press the F2 button on the keyboard and then add a lower space (well, or any other character of your choice):

Everything, and then the file has already been renamed:

That's basically it, auto-update should be disabled now. If you do not have such as exe in the file name, then this means that you have disabled the display of extensions. Actually, this is not critical and I think that even without this, renaming should work, try it! If an error pops up, then check if you have the magentsetup.exe process running in the manager, if it is running, then turn it off and try again. I then rebooted, the Agent turned on, I didn’t notice any problems or glitches, so the method is safe!

So guys, why didn't we check autoload? Let's see if there is an Agent there! So I hold down the Win + R buttons, I write this command:

I clicked OK, a system window opened called System Configuration, then I switch to the Startup tab and see that Comrade Agent Mail ru is right there, here is his agent.desktop entry:

Guys, in fact, the Agent is not to blame for anything here, because if I'm not mistaken, then in the Agent settings there is an option for autoloading, so if you turn off the Agent's autorun, then the entry should disappear. And I know, I took and checked it! And yes, that's right, if you turn off autorun in the options, then the entry will disappear in autoload!

How to remove Agent Mail ru in the usual way?

First, I'll show you how to remove the Agent in the usual way, that is, without frills, so to speak ... So, first you need to exit the Agent Mail ru, for this we go to the tray and right-click on the Agent icon, after which we select the Exit item:

We left the Agent, it's good, now we hold down the Win + R buttons, a window for entering a command will appear, we write the following command there:

After that, a window will open with all the installed software on your computer, in this list you need to find something like Mail.Ru Agent (version 10.0. right click, then select Delete:

But then such a strange window popped up, look:

And I did not immediately understand what the matter was, what kind of error? And then I remembered, it seems to me that the fact is that I renamed the magentsetup.exe file, remember, well, so that the Agent does not update itself! Therefore, in this window, I click No and open this folder:

C:\Users\Dima\AppData\Roaming\Mail.Ru\Agent\bin

Then I renamed the file back, returned everything as it was in short. By the way, do you see the word Dima in the address? Well, that’s what my Windows account is called, and you will probably have a different name, it’s just a note to you. I returned to the window with the list of programs, again right-clicked on the Agent, chose Delete, and there was no longer any message, there was nothing at all, no window, no removal wizard, the Agent just took it and quietly left ...

In this way, you can remove the Agent, it would be so simple to say, without complexity ...

How to remove Agent Mail ru: a tricky trick that everyone can do!

Now I will show a more aggressive way to remove Agent Mail ru, so to speak, how to throw it out of the computer without asking! First you need the Agent to be running, let it work for itself and not even suspect that we will remove it now ... I almost forgot, for this operation we will need the Unlocker utility, it is easy to download on the Internet, so if anything, get it! So, the Agent is running, go to the dispatcher, find it in the magent.exe processes, right-click, select the first item in the menu, that is, this one:

And then click here again:

As a result, we will have the Mail.ru folder selected, great, now right-click on it, select the Unlocker item in the menu (I already have the utility):

The magic has begun:

The magic lasted for some time, not very long, or rather, I thought so, but the shamanism dragged on for something like five minutes ... And then a message popped up saying that deletion was impossible and the question was whether to perform the deletion at the next system boot, well, okay, so be it:

After that, I immediately rebooted, then went to check if there was a Mail.Ru folder and it turned out that there was, that's what's inside this folder:

There was one strange incomprehensible file left, I right-clicked on it and quietly deleted it, there were no problems with this. Then I deleted the Mail.ru folder from Roaming and everything is clear too

We have reviewed alternative way removal of Agent Mail ru. In principle, the Unlocker utility can remove a lot of things in this way. Just know, the only correction, do not remove the Unlocker utility those programs that use drivers in their work, because this can lead to real glitches and lags in Windows, remember this

Manual cleaning of the computer from the remnants of Agent Mail ru

Well, you removed the Agent, right? Well, all okay, know the problems, yo! But wouldn't it also be good to clean Windows from traces? I think that it will be good, but it is clear that this is not necessary to do, this is so, for those who like that there is no garbage in Windows. And then when there is a lot of garbage, then this is one thing, but when it becomes more and more ... Then slowdowns may appear over time ..

You will probably immediately think, well, why do I need all this, it’s difficult ... Nothing like that, no complicated, I assure you, in short, do what I will tell you now! So first you hold down the Win + E buttons, an explorer window will appear, your disks will be there, in general, there will be a search field in the upper right corner, write the mail.ru website there and wait:

Please note that ALL FILES will be searched in general, in the name of which this site is mentioned, that is, be careful, maybe you need some software from Mail.ru, then you look at what you are deleting in short! Well, do you understand what I mean? Hope so! And here are the guys that I found, look:

Yes, not so little, I twisted the results a little, and now I see that there are still such folders and files, as I understand it, these are system ones:

Well, what can I say here, of course I won’t delete system folders and files, although I don’t know why they were found, I don’t see the word mail.ru in their name, but they were found anyway, although their names contain the word mail and separately ru, but I wrote mail.ru, damn, such an incomprehensible scoundrel ... So I selected all the files and folders that are definitely not system ones, and which can definitely be deleted (well, I think so) and right-clicked on them, after which I selected item Delete:

Then another message appeared, saying that the object cannot be moved to the Trash, and here it is proposed to delete it permanently, well, okay, I also check the box below and click the Yes button:

Then such a window appeared, well, like, this element could not be found, like it is no longer there, well, okay, I also check the box here and click Repeat, I’ll try again to say this:

But the window appeared again, then I checked the box again, but I already pressed the Skip button:

Everything, now there were no errors, everything was deleted. Or not all? Yes, this is not an easy question, I closed the window, pressed Win + E again, and again searched for the word mail.ru, and here are the results:

In general, you can’t see everything here, this is understandable, but I looked carefully, everything that was found, it only applies to Microsoft, well, that is, to the system. Nothing that would relate to mail.ru, then there is nothing like that. That is, the conclusion suggests itself: the goal has been achieved, file system cleared of the remnants of Mail ru, cheers comrades!

Is that all, you ask? I may upset you, but no, the registry still remains, there often remain traces of programs that you have already deleted, alas .. So, do not relax, we are hard workers, let's hold down the Win + R buttons, in the Run window we write this command:

Clicked OK, the registry editor opened, it contains a lot of sections and parameters (they are also called keys). There is a huge database right here, and it’s better that there is no garbage data here, so let’s clean the registry, press the Ctrl + F buttons in the editor, a search box will appear, write the word mail.ru there and press the Find Next button opposite:

A search in the registry will begin, it is called here as Viewing the Registry, during which there will be such a window:

Now what are your actions? All that can be found is a section or a key (parameter). It will be searched one by one, when something is found, the search will stop and what was found, it will be selected, you right-click on this selected one and select Delete from the menu. Then press F3 to continue searching. Repeat all the steps until a window appears, where there will be a notification that the search is over. Complicated? As you can see, no! For example, I found a parameter called path, I right-click on it and select Delete:

Then you need to confirm the action, click here Yes:

And that's it, it's gone, but stop mobile! And Nuka carefully look in which section was this key? Here I immediately realized that this section, where the path parameter was, can also be deleted, because it is from the Agent:

Guys, look, you'd better search for the remains not only by the word mail.ru, but also by the name agent.desktop (as you can see, it is often referred to as the name of the section). Maybe you will find some more words, then look for them, this increases the efficiency of finding garbage

And one more minute. It may be that the key was found, but there is nothing in the name that would speak of Mail ru .. But did you look at the content of the key? Click on it twice and everything will fall into place

Well guys, is it difficult? Not! Well, it seems to me...

Control shot: how to clean Windows with CCleaner?

Want to do the best cleaning ever? Then you need to download and install CCleaner, it's free and the best program of its kind for cleaning your PC from trash! So you can download CCleaner on the official website (here it is piriform.com/ccleaner), go to the site, click Download Free Version there:

Then you need to click on Free Download already here:

Damn, there is a bit of crap with the download, in short, then you need to click on Piriform.com here (I download best from there):

Oh, well, the installer jump has finally gone, it weighs 9 megs, which, in principle, is not much, well, it has downloaded, I launch it:

Then the installer will appear, but here you need to select the language, you can do it here:

Russian has been chosen, now you can click the Install button:

STOOOOP! I was wondering, what kind of options are hidden behind the Configure button? Well, that second button, which is below Install! I pressed it and here are the options here, see:

So if anything, you can set up something here! That's it, now I definitely click on Install, the installation was lightning fast (thanks to PrimoCache), now I press the Run CCleaner button:

And here is CCleaner in all its glory:

In this window, at the bottom, I immediately pressed the Analyze button to scan the computer for junk files, so the analysis ended, there were three and a half gigabytes of garbage (this is a lot of shit), I press the Clean button here:

I confirm my intentions:

Cleaning has begun, I feel how it becomes easier for Windows to breathe, how happy she is that I am finally cleaning her!

Now on the left I click on the Registry and here I also need to clean it, click on Search for problems:

There was also quite a lot of rubbish here, I click further on Fix selected:

And then in the next window, it remains to click only Fix the marked ones:

In a second, everything was fixed there:

The CCleaner cleaner works clearly and quickly, do you agree? Good program

Guys, I think it's time to finish already, I've already written MANY BOOKOFF here, it's time for me to rest, I think you don't mind. I hope that everything was clear. Good luck to you and this, waiting for you to visit again

27.06.2017

About the Mail.ru app Mail.ru agent. Then the program caused a lot of criticism: a clumsy interface, limited functionality, unstable operation.

Recently, the first major update of the Agent has been released. What changed?

Screenshot from Mail.ru

First of all, the developers rewrote the application almost from scratch. The agent is still unlikely to qualify for the Apple Design Awards, but you can use the program now. By the way, it also works stably - there are no crashes and freezes, unlike the previous version.

The Agent's interface has undergone major changes: it no longer looks alien, many unnecessary details have been removed. Now, as far as I know, Mail.ru has begun to seriously approach interface design and design, so, you see, in a year the Agent will already delight users.

Send message window Mail.ru Agent

In terms of program features, there are few changes. Agent for Mac is still far behind the Windows version. You can immediately see which platform is considered a priority, and which one is given attention from case to case. If a Windows program has long allowed you to communicate by voice via VoIP telephony, make video calls, and support communication with friends via ICQ, then the Mac analogue is deprived of all this. There is only an opportunity to chat with other Mail.ru users and learn about new statuses and entries in My [email protected]

Immediately after installing Mail.ru, the Agent is added to autoload without asking. Keep this in mind.

And finally, a quote:

“There are still very few Macintosh users in Russia, but they are usually the most demanding on the design and interface of any application, among them the most sophisticated aesthetes who are hard to please,” says Anna Artamonova, vice president of strategic projects at Mail .Ru Group. “That is why we are very pleased that we were able to meet their needs. Our new Mac version already at the testing stage caused a large number of positive feedback from inveterate "makolyubov".

Tell us, "makolyuby", did Mail.ru please you?

Older versions of Mail.ru Agent (6.4, 6.2 and earlier) have been automatically updated to version 10, and the user is not given the opportunity to refuse the upgrade. The modern Agent has a number of shortcomings and unnecessary functions, so many people want to disable the program update. It is impossible to do this through the settings, and even after reinstalling the Agent, the familiar version remains in the system only until the computer is restarted. However, if you understand how the upgrade process takes place, you can disable this feature. Today I will tell you how to disable the update of Mail.ru Agent to version 10.

Understanding how to prevent updating Mail.ru Agent to a new version

Disable Mail.ru Agent update: instructions

The update does not occur from within the Agent itself - it uses a separate executable file magentsetup.exe, located in one of the hidden system folders on the C:\ drive. Simply deleting it will not prevent the upgrade - the file will simply be recreated. To permanently disable the Mail.ru Agent update, you need to deny the program access to the file system.

Before doing this, you need to completely remove the messenger from your computer. Using the standard Windows Add/Remove Programs tool will not help, as it leaves the Agent's tails on the hard drive. To remove all hidden program components, as well as Mail.ru accompanying products (Sputnik, Amigo browser, etc.), you need to use third-party utilities - for example, Revo Uninstaller, CCleaner, Geek Uninstaller, Wise Disk Cleaner, etc.

You can remove the Agent with a standard tool, but you will have to clean up hidden folders manually

When the Agent is removed, do the following:

1. Enable showing hidden directories through the folder options, the "View" tab, the "Advanced Options" block.
2. Go to the hidden system directory C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming, create a Mail.Ru folder in it, in it - Agent, inside which - bin.
3. Open the properties of the bin folder, go to the "Security" tab and remove all rights from all user groups.

After that, you can download and install the usual version of the messenger. The program needs to be launched and used for some time, since it will be possible to disable the Mail.ru Agent update only after the magentsetup.exe file is created.

The rights to make changes are configured through the properties of folders and files

After waiting a bit, you need to do the following:

1. Close Agent.
2. Go to the AppData\Roaming\Mail.ru\Agent\Mra\Update folder in the user directory on the system drive.
3. Open Text Document version4.txt with any editor, find the line silent_update:1 in it by pressing Ctrl+F, and change it to silent_update:0.
4. Open the properties of the version4.txt file and disable write permissions for all user groups.
5. Create text file with the name magentsetup, change its extension from .txt to .exe and deny all rights to it.
6. Delete the original magentsetup.exe file.

After that, updates will be disabled. At the same time, everything Accounts in Mail.ru Agent will work fine.

Using the portable version of Mail.ru Agent

Since in order for the update process to start, the messenger must “register” in the system, saving its files in system directories, the portable version of the program will save from the upgrade.

Externally, the portable version of Agent 6.2 is no different from the full version.

The portable-Agent is used very simply:

• download the usual version of the messenger;
• run;
• use.

There will be no updates in this case; in addition, the portable version does not need to be installed. Its disadvantage is that it does not save settings and history on the hard drive.

Knowing how to disable the update of Mail.ru Agent, it is easy to disable upgrades of other company products - for example, ICQ. This is done in the same order, only the names of folders and files will be ICQ, not magent.

27.05.2017, 14:28

The other day I turn on the computer, and my mail agent tells me: "I've updated! Look how good and beautiful I am now!" I looked, what a mess. Where to look for contacts, I understood where I found the settings. But how to add a VK and OK profile is not clear, it seems he cannot do this.
I deleted it, installed the old version 6.2, after some time it was updated again, without even asking my opinion / desire.
The support service says that you can't disable/prohibit updates, use what we have created, if you don't like it, don't use it.
I want to use the old version and not update it. Maybe someone knows how to solve this problem.

27.05.2017, 14:32

27.05.2017, 15:01

read - https://otvet.mail.ru/question/200795975 - as an option put a portable version there is a link
I'm going to try now.
I didn’t really find anything, I’m not very good with search engines.

27.05.2017, 15:44

Recently, I also bothered with the installation old version client, but eventually demolished everything. Sense from old versions if part of the functionality no longer works there. You can forget about the good old mail agent.

Added on 05/27/2017 at 04:08 PM ----------

Then you go to the control panel, administration, system configuration, the autorun tab, and there you uncheck the agent mail and click apply.

27.05.2017, 16:15

You set your version, then turn on the display in the control panel hidden folders and files and follow this path C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Roaming\Mail.Ru\Agent
there you delete the magentsetup file
So I did, only the version is portable. I always delete the agent from autorun.

27.05.2017, 16:42

The problem is not that it hangs in autorun, but that it is registered there with the -CU key, which most likely means something like checking updates :) most likely, deleting magentsetup is not necessary at all, since the same file is also used to uninstall the program with a PC, without it it will give an error and everything will have to be deleted manually, but at least its absence does not interfere with the work of the agent and this gives additional peace of mind that it will not do dirty tricks :)

27.05.2017, 17:01

You go to the control panel, administration, system configuration, the autorun tab, and there you uncheck the agent mail and click apply.
I don't have a mail there, probably because the version is portable.
If it doesn’t update in 3 days, then I’ll try to install the regular version, then I’ll wait another 3 days and write back about the results.
P.S.: The Russian people are invincible!

02.06.2017, 21:48

How is it going?)

02.06.2017, 22:09

why is he? :) I noticed a long time ago - I enter the mail and from the bottom, on the right I see the agent widget type. there you can chat freely: dnt: or do you pursue other goals, my friend? :)

02.06.2017, 22:12

http://f2.s.qip.ru/h2kGxY8F.png

Mail notifications come to the Windows 10 notification tray via Outlook, but you can also enable it in Quip

02.06.2017, 23:34

Quip is a half-dead service...

03.06.2017, 00:29

Quip is a half-dead service...

Come on, but what about salts, spices, mixes... :D

03.06.2017, 15:15

How is it going?)
The portable version works fine.
I installed the usual 6.2, the agent was updated at the first reboot of the computer.:mad:

06.06.2017, 18:28

The portable version works fine.

06.06.2017, 18:44

Isn't it possible to specify portability as an option for continuing the installation when installing from the official site? before that, turn off the Internet, cheat the agent from autorun or disable the service, turn off the update in the settings and use it to your health? :)

And here's another http://webagent.mail.ru/webim/agent/popup.html - in my opinion it's more convenient: dnt:

06.06.2017, 21:31

But isn't it possible to specify portability as an option when installing from the official site to continue the installation?
In the tenth version, I don’t know, in the old ones, no.

and here's another http://webagent.mail.ru/webim/agent/popup.html - in my opinion it's more convenient Taste and color....
And yes, you need the portable version...

06.06.2017, 22:07

...
What difference does it make, how to run the executable file - manually or from autorun? The update is still downloading, something is trying to update there, but since portable version- then just nothing works (the program does not start).
...

Turn off the Internet = nothing is downloaded :) look at the settings. doing auto-updating. Or are there no variations on the theme of updates in the settings? BUT I recommend that you still cut off the program completely from autorun ... and from services, if any, too ...

As a result, the program will stop updating itself ...