WLM V 8.5.132.1018 added custom emoticons but not showing on XP

Hi I have version 8.5.132.1018 of WLM on Windows XP and I did a backup of my
Custom emoticons on a USB key named (Backup-). Within
that folder I have Emoticons where I have over 300 GIF files. I have followed
all instructions and put them in the following path.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner.Brian-H6524\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Messenger\\Ob jectStore\CustomEmoticons

After installing all emoticons, I have tried to uninstall & reinstall shut
down the PC.

I still don't see any of my emoticons within WLM. Can anyone help me and
tell me what to do?

Greetings,

Just to be clear, did you _just_ copy over the GIF files? If so, what goes in this folder
are actually .id2 (metadata) and .dt2 (gif/png) files and just putting the images there won't
work.

If they are the .id2/.dt2 files, then make sure that it's the exact same Windows Live ID that
you're using.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"Djquilk" <> wrote in message
news:52F3CF43-815E-4DB5-9FD8-...
> Hi I have version 8.5.132.1018 of WLM on Windows XP and I did a backup of my
> Custom emoticons on a USB key named (Backup-). Within
> that folder I have Emoticons where I have over 300 GIF files. I have followed
> all instructions and put them in the following path.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Owner.Brian-H6524\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Messenger\\Ob jectStore\CustomEmoticons
>
> After installing all emoticons, I have tried to uninstall & reinstall shut
> down the PC.
>
> I still don't see any of my emoticons within WLM. Can anyone help me and
> tell me what to do?

Maybe try getting the beta, from http://download.live.com
--
Thanks,

Jonathan Yaniv
http://www.jonathanyaniv.com

"Djquilk" <> wrote in message
news:52F3CF43-815E-4DB5-9FD8-...
> Hi I have version 8.5.132.1018 of WLM on Windows XP and I did a backup of
> my
> Custom emoticons on a USB key named (Backup-).
> Within
> that folder I have Emoticons where I have over 300 GIF files. I have
> followed
> all instructions and put them in the following path.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Owner.Brian-H6524\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Messenger\\Ob jectStore\CustomEmoticons
>
> After installing all emoticons, I have tried to uninstall & reinstall shut
> down the PC.
>
> I still don't see any of my emoticons within WLM. Can anyone help me and
> tell me what to do?

Hi Jonathan,

I copied all the old GIF/PNG files. In this file there was 1 .id2
& .dt2 files included which I also transfered to the custom emoticons folder.
As far as the same exact Windows live ID is the same username, but not the
same version. And how would I be able to tell which version I was previously
working?

Sincerely
Brian K.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Just to be clear, did you _just_ copy over the GIF files? If so, what goes in this folder
> are actually .id2 (metadata) and .dt2 (gif/png) files and just putting the images there won't
> work.
>
> If they are the .id2/.dt2 files, then make sure that it's the exact same Windows Live ID that
> you're using.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
>
> "Djquilk" <> wrote in message
> news:52F3CF43-815E-4DB5-9FD8-...
> > Hi I have version 8.5.132.1018 of WLM on Windows XP and I did a backup of my
> > Custom emoticons on a USB key named (Backup-). Within
> > that folder I have Emoticons where I have over 300 GIF files. I have followed
> > all instructions and put them in the following path.
> >
> > C:\Documents and Settings\Owner.Brian-H6524\Local Settings\Application
> > Data\Microsoft\Messenger\\Ob jectStore\CustomEmoticons
> >
> > After installing all emoticons, I have tried to uninstall & reinstall shut
> > down the PC.
> >
> > I still don't see any of my emoticons within WLM. Can anyone help me and
> > tell me what to do?
>
>
>

Hi Brian,

Well actually there's no version where the GIF/PNGs were just accepted like this, the older
versions just didn't allow you to transfer them to another PC at all and used another format.
I think you may have just copied the wrong folder. If you don't have that many, just move
your GIF/PNGs somewhere else (say to a new folder within My Pictures) and manually add them
as you need them.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--


"Djquilk" <> wrote in message
news:9F781F03-C59C-4521-A171-...
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> I copied all the old GIF/PNG files. In this file there was 1 .id2
> & .dt2 files included which I also transfered to the custom emoticons folder.
> As far as the same exact Windows live ID is the same username, but not the
> same version. And how would I be able to tell which version I was previously
> working?
>
> Sincerely
> Brian K.
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Just to be clear, did you _just_ copy over the GIF files? If so, what goes in this folder
>> are actually .id2 (metadata) and .dt2 (gif/png) files and just putting the images there
>> won't
>> work.
>>
>> If they are the .id2/.dt2 files, then make sure that it's the exact same Windows Live ID
>> that
>> you're using.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
>> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
>> --
>>
>>
>> "Djquilk" <> wrote in message
>> news:52F3CF43-815E-4DB5-9FD8-...
>> > Hi I have version 8.5.132.1018 of WLM on Windows XP and I did a backup of my
>> > Custom emoticons on a USB key named (Backup-). Within
>> > that folder I have Emoticons where I have over 300 GIF files. I have followed
>> > all instructions and put them in the following path.
>> >
>> > C:\Documents and Settings\Owner.Brian-H6524\Local Settings\Application
>> > Data\Microsoft\Messenger\\Ob jectStore\CustomEmoticons
>> >
>> > After installing all emoticons, I have tried to uninstall & reinstall shut
>> > down the PC.
>> >
>> > I still don't see any of my emoticons within WLM. Can anyone help me and
>> > tell me what to do?
>>
>>
>>