Lost emotions due to mandatory upgrade to version 8.1

Is there a fix for lost emotions due to the mandatory upgrade? I lost all my
emotions, and when someone tries to send them back to me, it will not let me
add them again. When trying to add them again, I get a message that the
'codes' are being used by another emotion, but they aren't.

1) Make a totally independant temporary folder (eg: C:\myemoticons)
2) Copy every .DAT, .DT2, from
"\Documents and Settings\<windows accountname>\Application
Data\Microsoft\MSN Messenger\<ID number>\"
and
"%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\<.NET
passport>\ObjectStore\CustomEmoticons"
to that temporary folder
3) Remove both messenger directories
4) Go to your temporary folder with all the copied files and rename every
single file to .PNG
5) remove duplicates images if you have some (check with an image viewer)
6) start Windows Live Messenger and start adding the icons in the proper way
by going to Tools > Emoticons > Create... > Find Image
7) remove your temporary folder (optional)

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Sunshine
Windows Live Butterfly
http://SunshineWeb.org

"MKF" <> wrote in message
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> Is there a fix for lost emotions due to the mandatory upgrade? I lost all
> my
> emotions, and when someone tries to send them back to me, it will not let
> me
> add them again. When trying to add them again, I get a message that the
> 'codes' are being used by another emotion, but they aren't.