Hello boys and girls, today I am proud to bring you guys a collaborative effort into bringing back skinning to Windows Live Messenger 9. This is the first time I have made a DLL skin in a long time so it feels weird doing this.

Anyway through an exhaustive effort between the most brilliant minds in the Messenger world we have found a way to bring back the mods that you all know and love.

Firstly I would like to give a shout out to the people who have made this whole project a possibility. Ipab, TB, Matt Holwood and of course TheSteve who figured out the workaround.

So what does this skin do? Well we call in Windows Live Messenger - Sopair Edition.

Sopair restores the display pictures in the chat window back on the right hand side where they belong! and on top of that it adds a smaller third display picture so that you can hide the larger two and still see your contacts picture.

And for those wondering, yes this skin removes adveritsements. It is a dll skin and so we are proving that our methods still aren't dead.

But in saying this we must stress that this is not a permanent fix, the method we are using will most likely be removed in the final version of 9 so don't start counting on victory just yet.

Anyway for the full download head on over to http://www.designevolved.net

Skinning is far from dead. Just remember that.



digg it!

http://digg.com/microsoft/Windows_Live_Messenger_9_Sopair_Edition

** Legal Info **

This breaks Microsofts EULA, you use the file at your own risk and we shall not be held responsible for any damages that may occur as a result of using this patch. DO NOT CONTACT MICROSOFT FOR SUPPORT ON THIS.

The authors of the patch are in no way shape or form affiliated with Microsoft.

. Eloquent. Something I cannot manage at 3:40 AM

Even if the method you are talking about is removed in the official release, you and the other guys proved that there is always a solution. I am sure Patchou will be able to find a new one if the method is removed. Skinning will not die!

I should also point out that the removal method is not like that of apatch. This actually removes the whole element and does not leave the banner behind.

So, how did you do it?

Magic

Hey Willz,

Is it possible for you to move the webcam icons below the display picture?

I find the padding for the webcam stuff really space-consuming...

You guys are great

Update: Willz... an advice... I think you should say everywhere that this is an installation tool with an unistalling feature not only a dll file to replace...

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So, how did you do it?

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Just curious, does this change anything to the UI or does it simply simply remove/add things?

I saw some interesting new themes files in the folder

http://dazzy.org/Sopair_1.0.exe

A mirror for those who don't want to sign up just to download it.

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Just curious, does this change anything to the UI or does it simply simply remove/add things?

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So, how did you do it?

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Indeed. Sharing this information will only make the Messenger community stronger, tell us .

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Originally posted by Dazzy
http://dazzy.org/Sopair_1.0.exe

A mirror for those who don't want to sign up just to download it.

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Well done to you guys! Great job in once again finding a way around

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http://dazzy.org/Sopair_1.0.exe

A mirror for those who don't want to sign up just to download it.

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Originally posted by Dazzy
http://dazzy.org/Sopair_1.0.exe

A mirror for those who don't want to sign up just to download it.

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My server can handle the load, I would greatly appreciate it if you didn't share the file .

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Originally posted by Dazzy
http://dazzy.org/Sopair_1.0.exe

A mirror for those who don't want to sign up just to download it.

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My server can handle the load, I would greatly appreciate it if you didn't share the file .

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Originally posted by Dazzy
http://dazzy.org/Sopair_1.0.exe

A mirror for those who don't want to sign up just to download it.

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My server can handle the load, I would greatly appreciate it if you didn't share the file .

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Understood, but to force users to register to merely download a file is looked down upon my friend .

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The third DP is amazing. Is there actually a way this can be done in 8.5 too?

come'on how painful is to register? 2, 3 clicks, clicks? since u already have it then send it to your friends thru WLM....oh yeah too lazy for that too lol

Amazing, thanks guys

The Signup thing is more because of a limitation in the system rather than anything else... and I really cannot afford the time to code in the fix...

I created an account for you guys to use to download, just check the front page of designevolved.net

thanks to those who made this possible
great news

Well I sorta missed whats been happening. Good to see people liking what was discovered.

I've been playing with 9 a little bit and I have to say it is pretty awesome. Stuff that used to be impossible is actually pretty easy to do on 9. It does take a lot of getting used to but once you know the ways its pretty cool.

I'll release some info on the new possibilities with 9 as soon as I know we are in the clear for the final version. Here is hoping we can work around the vista issues and the final version of 9

thanks Willz... I wait for it...

its cool,and thanks for username and pass.

I will keep a track on your investigation =D...

Thank you so much to you guys!
DP at right makes much more sense

Just a question: would be possible to remove those "dots" before each message in the conversation window? In my opinion they are completely useless.

Thanks

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Thank you so much to you guys!
DP at right makes much more sense

Just a question: would be possible to remove those "dots" before each message in the conversation window? In my opinion they are completely useless.

Thanks

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Originally posted by Squillace
Thank you so much to you guys!
DP at right makes much more sense

Just a question: would be possible to remove those "dots" before each message in the conversation window? In my opinion they are completely useless.

Thanks

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Yes, this is a very simple thing to accomplish using skinning

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Back to the forums!
Oh, a .dll skin? Didn't know Messenger 9 couldn't be skinned with Plus!... can it?

Looks great! Those left-hand DP where pretty weird... much better when they are at the right-hand side =P

Does it also changes the "minmaxclose" frames when Aero is turned on? Won't install WLM9 until its final (and my favorite skins are updated to it =]).

And why in the world does every message have that ugly dot?! It's from WLM9 or from Sopair?

This thread is old, now you can skin using Plus!

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This is old, now you can skin using Plus!

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Back to the forums!
Oh, a .dll skin? Didn't know Messenger 9 couldn't be skinned with Plus!... can it?

Looks great! Those left-hand DP where pretty weird... much better when they are at the right-hand side =P

Does it also changes the "minmaxclose" frames when Aero is turned on? Won't install WLM9 until its final (and my favorite skins are updated to it =]).

And why in the world does every message have that ugly dot?! It's from WLM9 or from Sopair?

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Originally posted by Squillace
Thank you so much to you guys!
DP at right makes much more sense

Just a question: would be possible to remove those "dots" before each message in the conversation window? In my opinion they are completely useless.

Thanks

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Yes, this is a very simple thing to accomplish using skinning

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Can you tell me how to do dis? I am a complete newbie with skinning.

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not working

Help!

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not working

Help!

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