Where are 'My display picture's files?

I have a question regarding the "My Display Picture" function.

I have added a few pictures to show friends and I was wondering where those
pictures were stored.
I lost the original picture and would like to see if I can retreive it from
the MSN Messenger.

Could someone help this please? Many thanks

Greetings,

Yes you can access the picture, but it will be the small, optimized 96x96 PNG Messenger
version.

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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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) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"Akon" <> wrote in message
news:53A23310-C029-4DAF-BA48-...
>I have a question regarding the "My Display Picture" function.
>
> I have added a few pictures to show friends and I was wondering where those
> pictures were stored.
> I lost the original picture and would like to see if I can retreive it from
> the MSN Messenger.
>
> Could someone help this please? Many thanks
>

great to have you back commander ;-)


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:75F031F9-5232-4BD6-91B1-...
> Greetings,
>
> Yes you can access the picture, but it will be the small, optimized 96x96
> PNG Messenger version.
>
> 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.
>
> --
> 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) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
>
>
> "Akon" <> wrote in message
> news:53A23310-C029-4DAF-BA48-...
>>I have a question regarding the "My Display Picture" function.
>>
>> I have added a few pictures to show friends and I was wondering where
>> those
>> pictures were stored.
>> I lost the original picture and would like to see if I can retreive it
>> from
>> the MSN Messenger.
>>
>> Could someone help this please? Many thanks
>>
>
>