Messenger won't retain login after reboot - revisited.

I have once again reloaded MSN messenger, and as usual it won't retain login
information after reboot. The fixer did not work, although it happily wiped
all of my Outlook Express passwords.

What next? Yahoo logins to my msn accounts so I don't really need MSN
messenger. Is there anything else that can be done before I just delete it
and give up on it? I'm currently using XP64 and version 8.1 build
8.1.0178.00 of Windows Live Messenger.

I'm having the same problem. Every time I reboot or startup my computer, I
have to log into Messenger because it will not retain (save) my login info.
What's with that anyway? I had to replace my hard drive with a new and
larger drive, did a clean install, and am still getting this problem.

"Zootal" wrote:

> I have once again reloaded MSN messenger, and as usual it won't retain login
> information after reboot. The fixer did not work, although it happily wiped
> all of my Outlook Express passwords.
>
> What next? Yahoo logins to my msn accounts so I don't really need MSN
> messenger. Is there anything else that can be done before I just delete it
> and give up on it? I'm currently using XP64 and version 8.1 build
> 8.1.0178.00 of Windows Live Messenger.
>
>
>

Open the registry (Start Run regedit)

Browse for
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/User
Shell Folders

There is a key called AppData. Before I fixed it, its contents was
%APPDATA%. chang it to %USERPROFILE%/Application Data (which refers to the
folder Application Data in your user folder).


"Terrae" <> wrote in message
news:F6A61430-A73B-4588-85E2-...
> I'm having the same problem. Every time I reboot or startup my computer,
> I
> have to log into Messenger because it will not retain (save) my login
> info.
> What's with that anyway? I had to replace my hard drive with a new and
> larger drive, did a clean install, and am still getting this problem.
>
> "Zootal" wrote:
>
>> I have once again reloaded MSN messenger, and as usual it won't retain
>> login
>> information after reboot. The fixer did not work, although it happily
>> wiped
>> all of my Outlook Express passwords.
>>
>> What next? Yahoo logins to my msn accounts so I don't really need MSN
>> messenger. Is there anything else that can be done before I just delete
>> it
>> and give up on it? I'm currently using XP64 and version 8.1 build
>> 8.1.0178.00 of Windows Live Messenger.
>>
>>
>>

Hi Zootal; thanks for fixing my problem i wonder how you got the solution
but it did it for me perfectly...so again thanks for helping here on
discussiongroups...you're the man for me.

"Zootal" wrote:

> Open the registry (Start Run regedit)
>
> Browse for
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/User
> Shell Folders
>
> There is a key called AppData. Before I fixed it, its contents was
> %APPDATA%. chang it to %USERPROFILE%/Application Data (which refers to the
> folder Application Data in your user folder).
>
>
> "Terrae" <> wrote in message
> news:F6A61430-A73B-4588-85E2-...
> > I'm having the same problem. Every time I reboot or startup my computer,
> > I
> > have to log into Messenger because it will not retain (save) my login
> > info.
> > What's with that anyway? I had to replace my hard drive with a new and
> > larger drive, did a clean install, and am still getting this problem.
> >
> > "Zootal" wrote:
> >
> >> I have once again reloaded MSN messenger, and as usual it won't retain
> >> login
> >> information after reboot. The fixer did not work, although it happily
> >> wiped
> >> all of my Outlook Express passwords.
> >>
> >> What next? Yahoo logins to my msn accounts so I don't really need MSN
> >> messenger. Is there anything else that can be done before I just delete
> >> it
> >> and give up on it? I'm currently using XP64 and version 8.1 build
> >> 8.1.0178.00 of Windows Live Messenger.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Alas, I can't take any credit for this. Someone else here posted the
solution, I just did a quick cut and paste.

I don't remember who originated the fix, but I am quite grateful for it, as
it worked great

"Matty Frissen" <> wrote in message
news:9FBEF959-5F63-47BE-B99E-...
> Hi Zootal; thanks for fixing my problem i wonder how you got the
> solution
> but it did it for me perfectly...so again thanks for helping here on
> discussiongroups...you're the man for me.
>
> "Zootal" wrote:
>
>> Open the registry (Start Run regedit)
>>
>> Browse for
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/User
>> Shell Folders
>>
>> There is a key called AppData. Before I fixed it, its contents was
>> %APPDATA%. chang it to %USERPROFILE%/Application Data (which refers to
>> the
>> folder Application Data in your user folder).
>>
>>
>> "Terrae" <> wrote in message
>> news:F6A61430-A73B-4588-85E2-...
>> > I'm having the same problem. Every time I reboot or startup my
>> > computer,
>> > I
>> > have to log into Messenger because it will not retain (save) my login
>> > info.
>> > What's with that anyway? I had to replace my hard drive with a new and
>> > larger drive, did a clean install, and am still getting this problem.
>> >
>> > "Zootal" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have once again reloaded MSN messenger, and as usual it won't retain
>> >> login
>> >> information after reboot. The fixer did not work, although it happily
>> >> wiped
>> >> all of my Outlook Express passwords.
>> >>
>> >> What next? Yahoo logins to my msn accounts so I don't really need MSN
>> >> messenger. Is there anything else that can be done before I just
>> >> delete
>> >> it
>> >> and give up on it? I'm currently using XP64 and version 8.1 build
>> >> 8.1.0178.00 of Windows Live Messenger.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

hi Zootal my Name is Ali i just wont to thank you very much sir .. you ar the only one who fix this problem .. i had it sins long time but really you ar the only one who can fix it .. thank you very much
Ali
Germany