Backing Up WLM Content

Hi.

I'm going to be reformatting my computer soon. I need to find a way to back
up my WLM content (e.g. Smileys, winks, etc) onto my external harddisk. Is
there anyway I can do that? Thanks in advance.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
fr3ako T

"Life is just like a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish, but you can
only spend it once.

Jonathan Kay may step in with more options, but one that supposedly works with
8.x can be found here:
http://concon.110mb.com/
Note, I have not used this.

-steve

"fi3ryfr3ako" <> wrote:

>Hi.
>
>I'm going to be reformatting my computer soon. I need to find a way to back
>up my WLM content (e.g. Smileys, winks, etc) onto my external harddisk. Is
>there anyway I can do that? Thanks in advance.
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>fr3ako T
>
>"Life is just like a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish, but you can
>only spend it once.

--
Stephen Boots
MVP Windows Live
Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator

Greetings,

Personally, I wouldn't use any tools to do this unless they're from a known source, as some
are known to contain spyware. It's not even necessary to do so, as all you need to do is
copy the appropriate folder to your external and then back again once you've got Windows
re-installed.

To do this, sign out of Messenger and head over to the following folder;
On XP:
\Documents and Settings\username\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\LiveID\ObjectStore\
and on Vista:
\Users\username\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Messenger\ LiveID\ObjectStore

Where username is your Windows username and LiveID is your Windows Live ID e-mail address.
Additionally, some of these folders will be hidden by default, to see them simply press the
Alt key on the keyboard in any Windows Explorer window to bring up the toolbar, click Tools,
then Folder Options, then the View tab, and then choose 'Show hidden files and folders'.
After click OK, they should appear with the other folders.

Then just copy over this ObjectStore folder and you're good to go. When you re-install
Windows, just sign into Messenger once, then sign out and copy the folder back to the same
location. Any duplicate files you can say No to All or Yes to All (doesn't really matter).
Then sign back into Messenger and all your content will be back.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--


"fi3ryfr3ako" <> wrote in message
news:4AF98D0A-15A3-4599-94CB-...
> Hi.
>
> I'm going to be reformatting my computer soon. I need to find a way to back up my WLM
> content (e.g. Smileys, winks, etc) onto my external harddisk. Is there anyway I can do
> that? Thanks in advance.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> fr3ako T
>
> "Life is just like a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it
> once.

http://www.baisoft.it/msnbackup_english.asp is another one that I use when I
want to backup and restore.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Personally, I wouldn't use any tools to do this unless they're from a known source, as some
> are known to contain spyware. It's not even necessary to do so, as all you need to do is
> copy the appropriate folder to your external and then back again once you've got Windows
> re-installed.
>
> To do this, sign out of Messenger and head over to the following folder;
> On XP:
> \Documents and Settings\username\Local
> Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\LiveID\ObjectStore\
> and on Vista:
> \Users\username\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Messenger\ LiveID\ObjectStore
>
> Where username is your Windows username and LiveID is your Windows Live ID e-mail address.
> Additionally, some of these folders will be hidden by default, to see them simply press the
> Alt key on the keyboard in any Windows Explorer window to bring up the toolbar, click Tools,
> then Folder Options, then the View tab, and then choose 'Show hidden files and folders'.
> After click OK, they should appear with the other folders.
>
> Then just copy over this ObjectStore folder and you're good to go. When you re-install
> Windows, just sign into Messenger once, then sign out and copy the folder back to the same
> location. Any duplicate files you can say No to All or Yes to All (doesn't really matter).
> Then sign back into Messenger and all your content will be back.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
>
> "fi3ryfr3ako" <> wrote in message
> news:4AF98D0A-15A3-4599-94CB-...
> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm going to be reformatting my computer soon. I need to find a way to back up my WLM
> > content (e.g. Smileys, winks, etc) onto my external harddisk. Is there anyway I can do
> > that? Thanks in advance.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > fr3ako T
> >
> > "Life is just like a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it
> > once.
>
>
>