You'll probably think this is either funny or stupid, but I got so excited by the idea of the short version, that I forgot to uninstall the full version first. After the download, there was nothing left to uninstall.
Foolish, I know, but it worked perfectly, except for the Alert message.
I don't know what you mean when you say, "Have you checked with your Start Up?"
And IM isn't mentioned under preferences, because it isn't there.
Would it help to uninstall the short version and download it again? Or reinstall the full version, make sure that "start automatically at system start", is unselected, then uninstall it, and reinstall the short version?
Jack
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