where are display pictures stored?

Hello.


I use msn messenger and i lost some pictures from my hardisk.

Fortunatelly i can see them in msn messenger live, unfortunatelly i don't
know how to recover the jpg original photographs.

Are these photos soterd in some folder?

Thanks very much

Greetings,

Yes they are saved but you won't be getting the originals, you'll be getting the Messenger
optimized (96x96) PNG versions.

Assuming you're using Windows Live Messenger 8.0, you can find the folder by typing in your
Passport/Windows Live ID here:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/msngrid.aspx

Then click Start, then Run and enter the %appdata%\... folder specified on the web page.
Click the UserTile folder (assuming the images were display pictures) and you'll be presented
with a bunch of .DAT files. These are the images, just copy them to a separate folder and
rename them to .PNG files.


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"AdagioParaCuerdas" <> wrote in message
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> Hello.
>
>
> I use msn messenger and i lost some pictures from my hardisk.
>
> Fortunatelly i can see them in msn messenger live, unfortunatelly i don't
> know how to recover the jpg original photographs.
>
> Are these photos soterd in some folder?
>
> Thanks very much