msn and wlm data storage

is this the place i should search to copy msn winks/emoticons to wlm?
C:\Documents and Settings\xxx\Application Data\Microsoft\MSN Messenger

Greetings,

Direct copying them won't work I'm afraid, but that's the right location.

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"D@annyBoy" <origin @ld @nnyboy @ > wrote in message
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> is this the place i should search to copy msn winks/emoticons to wlm?
> C:\Documents and Settings\xxx\Application Data\Microsoft\MSN Messenger
>

No,

C:/Program Files/MSN Messenger/ is the correct directory. But the directory
doesnt matter.

Also, use CustoMess to install emotions. This is available from www.mess.be

To install custom emotions, you dont need to copy them to any "Specific"
directory. You can have them in your My Documents.

Tools->My Emotions - > Create - > Find Image

Hope that helps

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Jonathan Yaniv
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"D@annyBoy" <origin @ld @nnyboy @ > wrote in message
news:%...
> is this the place i should search to copy msn winks/emoticons to wlm?
> C:\Documents and Settings\xxx\Application Data\Microsoft\MSN Messenger
>

any "other" methods possible?

While sipping a glass of green tea, I read that Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote
in news:%237t$


> Greetings,
>
> Direct copying them won't work I'm afraid, but that's the right location.

thanks but I think the original files are in dat format

While sipping a glass of green tea, I read that Jonathan Yaniv wrote in
news:


> No,
>
> C:/Program Files/MSN Messenger/ is the correct directory. But the directory
> doesnt matter.
>
> Also, use CustoMess to install emotions. This is available from www.mess.be
>
> To install custom emotions, you dont need to copy them to any "Specific"
> directory. You can have them in your My Documents.
>
> Tools->My Emotions - > Create - > Find Image
>
> Hope that helps

Hi,

Well there's the MSN Backup Tool I know I've linked you to before, but it's too late for that
if you just have the folder.

You may just go ahead name rename the DATs to PNGs (the animated emoticons will be GIFs) and
readd them.

--
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.
--

"D@annyBoy" <origin @ld @nnyboy @ > wrote in message
news:...
> any "other" methods possible?
>
> While sipping a glass of green tea, I read that Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote
> in news:%237t$
>
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Direct copying them won't work I'm afraid, but that's the right location.
>
>
>

thanks, guess will use a batch renamer to do the job

While sipping a glass of green tea, I read that Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote
in news:


> Hi,
>
> Well there's the MSN Backup Tool I know I've linked you to before, but it's
> too late for that if you just have the folder.
>
> You may just go ahead name rename the DATs to PNGs (the animated emoticons
> will be GIFs) and readd them.

"D@annyBoy" <origin @ld @nnyboy @ > wrote in message
news:%...
> is this the place i should search to copy msn winks/emoticons to wlm?
> C:\Documents and Settings\xxx\Application Data\Microsoft\MSN Messenger
>
use Custom Emoticon / Display Picture Backup Wizard from Sherv.NET

The Custom Emoticon/Display Picture Backup Wizard is a utility for backing
up the custom content, like MSN Display Pictures and MSN Emoticons, that you
have added to your MSN Messenger account (MSN 6.2, 7.0 or 7.5).

This is useful if you have a lot of emoticons and display pics and can't
afford to lose them, have lost the original files, need to re-use the files
on another account. If you previously lost your files, MSN Messenger doesn't
always delete them so you may be able to recover some images as well. This
utility is for anyone that uses a large amount of custom content in MSN
Messenger and cant afford to lose them.

i've tried and it works for WLM 8 as well

download it from http://www.sherv.net/Files/CEDP-Backup-Wizard.zip
website: http://www.sherv.net/