Installation Directory

When you install Windows Live Messenger it installs it into the /MSN
Messenger/ directory. Im asking anyone why is this still so? Why not
/Livemessenger/ or anything else?

Interesting....

Greetings,

There's been some third-party tools (from Microsoft partners) that presumably don't properly
detect the Messenger folder properly which was probably the reason for this.

Ditto for why the executable is still called msnmsgr.exe. I'd expect that this will probably
change for the next version.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"Nathan Millson" <> wrote in message
news:...
> When you install Windows Live Messenger it installs it into the /MSN Messenger/ directory.
> Im asking anyone why is this still so? Why not /Livemessenger/ or anything else?
>
> Interesting....
>

ahh ok fair enough. Its a big change though. Makes so many programs
uncompatible (Example: MSN Webcam Recorder) hehe.. Its sort of like the
xbox 360 having a poor backwards compatibility. Yay!

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Greetings,
>
> There's been some third-party tools (from Microsoft partners) that
> presumably don't properly detect the Messenger folder properly which was
> probably the reason for this.
>
> Ditto for why the executable is still called msnmsgr.exe. I'd expect that
> this will probably change for the next version.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "Nathan Millson" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> When you install Windows Live Messenger it installs it into the /MSN
>> Messenger/ directory. Im asking anyone why is this still so? Why not
>> /Livemessenger/ or anything else?
>>
>> Interesting....
>>
>
>

Hi,

At the end of the day, most people just click the shortcut and it works -- they don't care
where it lives

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"Nathan Millson" <> wrote in message
news:eLn%23q$...
> ahh ok fair enough. Its a big change though. Makes so many programs uncompatible (Example:
> MSN Webcam Recorder) hehe.. Its sort of like the xbox 360 having a poor backwards
> compatibility. Yay!
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Greetings,
>>
>> There's been some third-party tools (from Microsoft partners) that presumably don't
>> properly detect the Messenger folder properly which was probably the reason for this.
>>
>> Ditto for why the executable is still called msnmsgr.exe. I'd expect that this will
>> probably change for the next version.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>> "Nathan Millson" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> When you install Windows Live Messenger it installs it into the /MSN Messenger/
>>> directory. Im asking anyone why is this still so? Why not /Livemessenger/ or anything
>>> else?
>>>
>>> Interesting....
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Ive requested to the product team that they change both of these instances

msnmsgr.exe changed to wlmmsgr.exe
directory /MSN Messenger/ changed to /Windows Live Messenger/

Jonathan Kay is correct, 3rd party applications usually look for the /MSN
Messenger/ directory, they may not work if the directory is changed to
/Windows Live Messenger/ but developers should start to change this to the
new standard of WLM.

As well, the registry tree should be changed from MSNMessenger to Windows
Live Messenger
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Hi,
>
> At the end of the day, most people just click the shortcut and it works --
> they don't care where it lives
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "Nathan Millson" <> wrote in message
> news:eLn%23q$...
>> ahh ok fair enough. Its a big change though. Makes so many programs
>> uncompatible (Example: MSN Webcam Recorder) hehe.. Its sort of like the
>> xbox 360 having a poor backwards compatibility. Yay!
>>
>> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> There's been some third-party tools (from Microsoft partners) that
>>> presumably don't properly detect the Messenger folder properly which was
>>> probably the reason for this.
>>>
>>> Ditto for why the executable is still called msnmsgr.exe. I'd expect
>>> that this will probably change for the next version.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Kay
>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>>> Associate Expert
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>> --
>>>
>>> "Nathan Millson" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> When you install Windows Live Messenger it installs it into the /MSN
>>>> Messenger/ directory. Im asking anyone why is this still so? Why not
>>>> /Livemessenger/ or anything else?
>>>>
>>>> Interesting....
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

As well, the msi should be changed to the new name
"Jonathan Yaniv" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Ive requested to the product team that they change both of these instances
>
> msnmsgr.exe changed to wlmmsgr.exe
> directory /MSN Messenger/ changed to /Windows Live Messenger/
>
> Jonathan Kay is correct, 3rd party applications usually look for the /MSN
> Messenger/ directory, they may not work if the directory is changed to
> /Windows Live Messenger/ but developers should start to change this to the
> new standard of WLM.
>
> As well, the registry tree should be changed from MSNMessenger to Windows
> Live Messenger
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Hi,
>>
>> At the end of the day, most people just click the shortcut and it
>> works -- they don't care where it lives
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>> "Nathan Millson" <> wrote in message
>> news:eLn%23q$...
>>> ahh ok fair enough. Its a big change though. Makes so many programs
>>> uncompatible (Example: MSN Webcam Recorder) hehe.. Its sort of like
>>> the xbox 360 having a poor backwards compatibility. Yay!
>>>
>>> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> There's been some third-party tools (from Microsoft partners) that
>>>> presumably don't properly detect the Messenger folder properly which
>>>> was probably the reason for this.
>>>>
>>>> Ditto for why the executable is still called msnmsgr.exe. I'd expect
>>>> that this will probably change for the next version.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jonathan Kay
>>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>>>> Associate Expert
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>>>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> "Nathan Millson" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> When you install Windows Live Messenger it installs it into the /MSN
>>>>> Messenger/ directory. Im asking anyone why is this still so? Why not
>>>>> /Livemessenger/ or anything else?
>>>>>
>>>>> Interesting....
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>