Windows Live Messenger 2008 and 2009 issues

I have a major issue with my WLM at the moment, all of my emoticons (smilies,
hugs etc) are only displaying the basic charactors on my MSN like this:

:-) is displayed as I have placed it there, instead of a yellow smiley, and
I had a custom emot which is << which gives a backwards hug... Any
suggestions or work arounds? It only did it after I upgraded from 2008 to
2009, however downgrading does not fix this issue... Regards,
--
CJT

Greetings,

Well I guess the first thing to verify is that the emoticons have been turned on, although to
the best of my knowledge the setting hasn't changed location from one version to another.

You can do so by pressing the Alt key in any Messenger window to bring up the menu bar, then
the Tools menu, then Options, then the Messages category and you'll find the two options for
emoticons at the top -- Show emoticons and Show custom emoticons. If they aren't checked, do
so, then click OK, then close and reopen all conversation windows for the setting to apply.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"CJT80" <> wrote in message
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> I have a major issue with my WLM at the moment, all of my emoticons (smilies,
> hugs etc) are only displaying the basic charactors on my MSN like this:
>
> :-) is displayed as I have placed it there, instead of a yellow smiley, and
> I had a custom emot which is << which gives a backwards hug... Any
> suggestions or work arounds? It only did it after I upgraded from 2008 to
> 2009, however downgrading does not fix this issue... Regards,
> --
> CJT

Hi,

You're very welcome. The latest version is hardly bug free, but it should be fine for most
people.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--

"CJT80" <> wrote in message
news:119E902E-F492-4C5B-AD0D-...
> Jonathan,
>
> All I can say from the bottom of my heart is... THANKS! :-) That was the
> issue all along... you really are... a Most Valued Professional!
>
> Should the NEW Msn work ok?
> --
> CJT
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Well I guess the first thing to verify is that the emoticons have been turned on, although
>> to
>> the best of my knowledge the setting hasn't changed location from one version to another.
>>
>> You can do so by pressing the Alt key in any Messenger window to bring up the menu bar,
>> then
>> the Tools menu, then Options, then the Messages category and you'll find the two options
>> for
>> emoticons at the top -- Show emoticons and Show custom emoticons. If they aren't checked,
>> do
>> so, then click OK, then close and reopen all conversation windows for the setting to
>> apply.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
>> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
>> --
>>
>> "CJT80" <> wrote in message
>> news:6EB74287-DEE5-43FB-BCEC-...
>> > I have a major issue with my WLM at the moment, all of my emoticons (smilies,
>> > hugs etc) are only displaying the basic charactors on my MSN like this:
>> >
>> > :-) is displayed as I have placed it there, instead of a yellow smiley, and
>> > I had a custom emot which is << which gives a backwards hug... Any
>> > suggestions or work arounds? It only did it after I upgraded from 2008 to
>> > 2009, however downgrading does not fix this issue... Regards,
>> > --
>> > CJT
>>
>>
>>

Many Thanks, I use an "add on" which shall remain nameless, but it's very
popular, so I shall wait till that moves out of Beta testing.

Thanks again.. :-)
--
CJT


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You're very welcome. The latest version is hardly bug free, but it should be fine for most
> people.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
> "CJT80" <> wrote in message
> news:119E902E-F492-4C5B-AD0D-...
> > Jonathan,
> >
> > All I can say from the bottom of my heart is... THANKS! :-) That was the
> > issue all along... you really are... a Most Valued Professional!
> >
> > Should the NEW Msn work ok?
> > --
> > CJT
> >
> >
> > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> Well I guess the first thing to verify is that the emoticons have been turned on, although
> >> to
> >> the best of my knowledge the setting hasn't changed location from one version to another.
> >>
> >> You can do so by pressing the Alt key in any Messenger window to bring up the menu bar,
> >> then
> >> the Tools menu, then Options, then the Messages category and you'll find the two options
> >> for
> >> emoticons at the top -- Show emoticons and Show custom emoticons. If they aren't checked,
> >> do
> >> so, then click OK, then close and reopen all conversation windows for the setting to
> >> apply.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jonathan Kay
> >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> >> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> >> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> >> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> >> --
> >>
> >> "CJT80" <> wrote in message
> >> news:6EB74287-DEE5-43FB-BCEC-...
> >> > I have a major issue with my WLM at the moment, all of my emoticons (smilies,
> >> > hugs etc) are only displaying the basic charactors on my MSN like this:
> >> >
> >> > :-) is displayed as I have placed it there, instead of a yellow smiley, and
> >> > I had a custom emot which is << which gives a backwards hug... Any
> >> > suggestions or work arounds? It only did it after I upgraded from 2008 to
> >> > 2009, however downgrading does not fix this issue... Regards,
> >> > --
> >> > CJT
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>