Custom emoticon store location in Vista?

Hi

I copied my folder of emoticons from my old laptop and would like to copy
them on to my new laptop. Old laptop - XP, new laptop - Vista = can't find a
thing, grrrrrrrrr! It used to be in local settings, user, microsoft,
messenger, etc - there isn't a local settings folder now so where are these
stored?

Thanks in advance
Rachel

Greetings Rachel,

Actually if you type the full XP path into Vista's run or Explorer, it will take you to the
correct location. However, you cannot browse there as it's locked down to prevent
applications that don't follow junctions properly.

Regardless though, the ObjectStore in Vista is located in:
\Users\username\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Messenger\ LiveID\ObjectStore

Where username is your Windows username and LiveID is your Windows Live ID e-mail address.

Like XP, 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.

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"Rachel" <> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I copied my folder of emoticons from my old laptop and would like to copy
> them on to my new laptop. Old laptop - XP, new laptop - Vista = can't find a
> thing, grrrrrrrrr! It used to be in local settings, user, microsoft,
> messenger, etc - there isn't a local settings folder now so where are these
> stored?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Rachel