NO wink

I just upgraded MSNM 7.5 to WLM 8.0.0792 .
Is it normal that my winks have disappeared from MSNM?
I clicked on the link Get more winks but I was directed to a commercial site
selling winks.
Is there a way to get the basic free winks, like the knock on the door, that
I had on the previous version back?

Greetings,

They should still be there. However, you can force the defaults to be re-created.

Firstly, shut down Messenger by right-clicking on its icon in the notification area and
choosing Exit. Click Start, then Run, type "%appdata%\microsoft\msn messenger" and click OK.
Then find the folder associated to your account (if you're not sure which it is, just do this
to each) and go into it. Right-click the Winks3 folder and choose Delete. Say Yes to the
prompt and then sign back into Messenger.

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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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"Pascal" <> wrote in message
news:F82F5002-67CD-406D-A6BD-...
>I just upgraded MSNM 7.5 to WLM 8.0.0792 .
> Is it normal that my winks have disappeared from MSNM?
> I clicked on the link Get more winks but I was directed to a commercial site
> selling winks.
> Is there a way to get the basic free winks, like the knock on the door, that
> I had on the previous version back?

Thank you Jonathan. It worked perfectly well.
Pascal

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> They should still be there. However, you can force the defaults to be re-created.
>
> Firstly, shut down Messenger by right-clicking on its icon in the notification area and
> choosing Exit. Click Start, then Run, type "%appdata%\microsoft\msn messenger" and click OK.
> Then find the folder associated to your account (if you're not sure which it is, just do this
> to each) and go into it. Right-click the Winks3 folder and choose Delete. Say Yes to the
> prompt and then sign back into Messenger.
>
> --
> 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.
> --
>
>
> "Pascal" <> wrote in message
> news:F82F5002-67CD-406D-A6BD-...
> >I just upgraded MSNM 7.5 to WLM 8.0.0792 .
> > Is it normal that my winks have disappeared from MSNM?
> > I clicked on the link Get more winks but I was directed to a commercial site
> > selling winks.
> > Is there a way to get the basic free winks, like the knock on the door, that
> > I had on the previous version back?
>
>
>

Hi Pascal,

Great.

--
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.
--

"Pascal" <> wrote in message
news:C6C2A912-FC95-4B0E-A415-...
> Thank you Jonathan. It worked perfectly well.
> Pascal
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> They should still be there. However, you can force the defaults to be re-created.
>>
>> Firstly, shut down Messenger by right-clicking on its icon in the notification area and
>> choosing Exit. Click Start, then Run, type "%appdata%\microsoft\msn messenger" and click
>> OK.
>> Then find the folder associated to your account (if you're not sure which it is, just do
>> this
>> to each) and go into it. Right-click the Winks3 folder and choose Delete. Say Yes to the
>> prompt and then sign back into Messenger.
>>
>> --
>> 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.
>> --
>>
>>
>> "Pascal" <> wrote in message
>> news:F82F5002-67CD-406D-A6BD-...
>> >I just upgraded MSNM 7.5 to WLM 8.0.0792 .
>> > Is it normal that my winks have disappeared from MSNM?
>> > I clicked on the link Get more winks but I was directed to a commercial site
>> > selling winks.
>> > Is there a way to get the basic free winks, like the knock on the door, that
>> > I had on the previous version back?
>>
>>
>>