I was fooling around with my folders when I uninstalled 8.5 and put in the
new beta and I happened to come across where the Sharing Folders are stored,
so by a hunch, I backed up that whole directory, which included my custom
emotes. When I installed the beta, and restored that directory, I got my
custom emotes back, and they DO work in the new beta. So for those who cant
get their old custom emotes back and working, make sure you back up the
following directory before uninstall of 8.5:

XP Home/Pro: "C:\Documents and Settings\<your_name>\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\<your_msn_email>"



Vista: No Clue, as I dont use Vista, but Im sure the Vista version of the
directory is close to similar

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software manufacturers, deal with it.

Greetings,

Yes, the format hasn't changed. However, at no time will the objectstore be removed by
Microsoft by uninstalling or reinstalling Messenger. So, there's no need to back up and
restore these just in doing these maintenance tasks.

You can also move these from machine to machine but not account (Live ID) to account (Live
ID).

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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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"Larry Reyome" <LReyome25@xxxxxx(nosubmittojunk)> wrote in message
news:465D9002-9C88-47F3-811D-ADF0D85212D6@xxxxxx

> I was fooling around with my folders when I uninstalled 8.5 and put in the
> new beta and I happened to come across where the Sharing Folders are stored,
> so by a hunch, I backed up that whole directory, which included my custom
> emotes. When I installed the beta, and restored that directory, I got my
> custom emotes back, and they DO work in the new beta. So for those who cant
> get their old custom emotes back and working, make sure you back up the
> following directory before uninstall of 8.5:
>
> XP Home/Pro: "C:\Documents and Settings\<your_name>\Local
> Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\<your_msn_email>"
>
> Vista: No Clue, as I dont use Vista, but Im sure the Vista version of the
> directory is close to similar
>
> --
> Any problems caused by software made by leading manufacturers is always the
> users fault, never the manufacturer. That's the real world of computer
> software manufacturers, deal with it.

And the Vista folder is in
C:\Users\<your_name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Messenger\<your_msn_email>

--
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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"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#OuWtWqeJHA.1528@xxxxxx

> Greetings,
>
> Yes, the format hasn't changed. However, at no time will the objectstore be removed by
> Microsoft by uninstalling or reinstalling Messenger. So, there's no need to back up and
> restore these just in doing these maintenance tasks.
>
> You can also move these from machine to machine but not account (Live ID) to account (Live
> ID).
>
> --
> 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
> --
>
> "Larry Reyome" <LReyome25@xxxxxx(nosubmittojunk)> wrote in message
> news:465D9002-9C88-47F3-811D-ADF0D85212D6@xxxxxx

>> I was fooling around with my folders when I uninstalled 8.5 and put in the
>> new beta and I happened to come across where the Sharing Folders are stored,
>> so by a hunch, I backed up that whole directory, which included my custom
>> emotes. When I installed the beta, and restored that directory, I got my
>> custom emotes back, and they DO work in the new beta. So for those who cant
>> get their old custom emotes back and working, make sure you back up the
>> following directory before uninstall of 8.5:
>>
>> XP Home/Pro: "C:\Documents and Settings\<your_name>\Local
>> Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\<your_msn_email>"
>>
>> Vista: No Clue, as I dont use Vista, but Im sure the Vista version of the
>> directory is close to similar
>>
>> --
>> Any problems caused by software made by leading manufacturers is always the
>> users fault, never the manufacturer. That's the real world of computer
>> software manufacturers, deal with it.

>
>