How to?

[monky91]

Continue the title above, I want to know, is there anyway to backup my live messenger emoticons? As I want to format my computer, afected with trojan.

[Joker Boy]

u mean infected? Try here. Register with thier communtiy and try submitting a thread under the Malware section. Or click here.

[Chris Z]

yup, i was wondering this my self at one time or another here's the folder where they are located:

C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\your@email.com\ObjectStore\CustomEmoticons

, i'm using WLM 8.1 Beta so there are a whole bunch of ".idx" files and ".dt2" files, change the ".dt2" files into .gif files and you will see them, but you'd want to copy these out of that directory, otherwise they'll be unusable in MSN/WLM

hope that helps, PM me if you need help

[Brandon]

yup, i was wondering this my self at one time or another here's the folder where they are located:

C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\your@email.com\ObjectStore\CustomEmoticons

, i'm using WLM 8.1 Beta so there are a whole bunch of ".idx" files and ".dt2" files, change the ".dt2" files into .gif files and you will see them, but you'd want to copy these out of that directory, otherwise they'll be unusable in MSN/WLM

hope that helps, PM me if you need help

Thanks for the tip:P

[monky91]

Okay, till here

C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\your@email.com\

But doesn't seem to be having any other files, beside contacts, sharing folder, and Sharingmetdata

[Zenax]

I didn't know that you could back up your emoticons. If I had known I would of backed mine up as I have just wiped my system, due to something that was causing it to run slow.

nvm I can easily earn them back off friends!

[Chris Z]

monkey91-what version of MSN/WLM are you running? just for kicks

[Micro]

Its hard, cos they are stored as .dat files. Really just .gif / .jpg files, but some aren't.

[Brandon]

Its hard, cos they are stored as .dat files. Really just .gif / .jpg files, but some aren't.

But if you gota .dat reader, which are free, you could extract the information.

[Chris Z]

oh ya that's right!!! i forgot they're .dat files in earlier versions, so all you do is right click on them and click rename and change the extenstion from ".dat" to ".gif"