NetMessageNameDel

The NetMessageNameDel function deletes a message alias from the table of message aliases on a computer. This function requires that the Messenger service be started.

Security Requirements

Only members of the Administrators local group can successfully execute NetMessageNameDel on a remote server.

NET_API_STATUS NetMessageNameDel(
  LPWSTR servername,  
  LPWSTR msgname      
);

Parameters

servername
Pointer to a Unicode string containing the name of the remote server on which the function is to execute. A NULL pointer or string specifies the local computer.
msgname
Pointer to a Unicode string containing the message name to be deleted. The string cannot be more than 15 characters long.

Return Values

If the function returns account information, the return value is NERR_Success.

If the function fails, the return value is one of the following error codes.

Value Meaning
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED The user does not have access to the requested information.
NERR_DelComputerName A message alias that is also a computer name cannot be deleted.
NERR_IncompleteDel The message alias was not successfully deleted from all networks.
NERR_NameInUse The message alias is currently in use. Try again later.
NERR_NotLocalName The message alias is not on the local computer.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Unsupported.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in lmmsg.h.
  Import Library: Use netapi32.lib.

See Also

Networking (Net) Overview, Net Functions, NetMessageNameAdd