Since I have a feeling this question will come up more often until Plus! 5.0 will be released, here are some of the things people might be wondering about.

This post has also been translated in the languages below. Thanks for spreading the word! If you translated this post in another language, or you know someone else did. Contact me and I'll add it to the list (PM will work).

• Italian: Plus 4,9 sul WLM 2011. Quali sono le caratteristiche funzionanti e quali no (by Unico)
  
• Portuguese: Plus! 4.9 no WLM2011. O que funciona e o que não funciona (by blessedguy)
  
• Spanish: Plus! 4.9 en WLM 2011 - ¿Qué funciona y qué no? (by Chrono)

• Skinning (with the exception of custom window shapes). Although nobody has created a real WLM 2011 compatible skin yet. Any brave skinners wanting to attempt a full WLM 2011 skin even before MP!L 5 comes out?
  
• Skinning: UIB files can all be properly decoded and re-encoded (windows definitions and styles can be skinned).
  
• Event Viewer
  
• Transparency on the contacts list
  
• Lock Messenger (half working). The lock messenger feature does not actually lock Messenger as new message windows are able to bypass the lock. It does lock Messenger and hide current windows but new windows are not kept hidden.
  
• Contact List Clean-Up. However, don't pay attention to the 'Has You' column. The 'Has You' data has been unreliable for months. This is an issue caused by the data Microsoft's servers send and if a problem on Messenger 2009 too. Unless Microsoft suddenly fixes this the 'Has You' column will probably just disappear in MP!L 5.
  
• Contacts on Desktop
  
• Event Notifications
  
• Sound Library, although you won't be able to send or receive any sounds.

• Colored/formatted nicknames
  
• Chat logging
  
• Connect to several accounts simultaneously (polygamy)
  
• Any commands or tags such as /away or (!VER)
  
• Any features which usually can only be activated from the conversation window. The Plus! menu does does not (yet) hook into WLM 2011 conversation windows.
  
• Transparency on conversation windows
  
• Custom and built-in Plus! sounds
  
• Scripts. Scripts do import fine and are running. But without the scripts menu and without any functionality in the conversation window you won't get much useful out of most scripts.
  
• Tabbed chats. But Messenger 2011 does tabbed chats natively now.
  
• Quick texts
  
• Quick icons
  
• Personalized Status. Although the dialog shows up fine when you change status, it doesn't seem to do very much.
  
• Plus! Extras. When you right-click on a person in the contacts list.

• Use Messenger 2011 with partly working Plus! features.
  If Plus! 4.9 is too buggy you can reset safe mode: In Windows' Control Panel -> Uninstall/Change Messenger Plus! Live -> Repair Messenger -> Reset all Messenger Plus! user preferences to their defaults.
  
• Or you can continue using Messenger 2009 with all Plus! features until Plus! 5 comes out.
  If you already installed Messenger 2011 and you want to return to 2009: In Windows' Control Panel -> Uninstall Windows Live Essentials 2011 -> reboot -> download and install the latest Messenger 2009 build.

Thanks for this list Menthix.

Should be stickied!

great, thanks Menthix

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Sound Library, although you won't be able to send or receive any sounds.

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You can listen

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Originally posted by Chrissy
You can listen

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Originally posted by Chrono
what's the point

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Are you retarded Chrissy?

Who the fuck would spend time listening to their sound collection without having the ability to send or receive them?

idiot.

Well , Menthix said "Sound Library works", not "sending/receiving custom sounds works". So he is correct. In fact, he lists "custom sounds" in the not-working list. But yeah, there is not much practical use for a Sounds Library without the ability to send/receive sounds other than listening, editing and creating. I dunno what's so idiot about Chrissy's answer though, he too is correct

When I seek to do something on the computer when I finish all my tasks I use the sound library, just to listen some of my favorite sounds or to get new ones. I hardly ever send a custom sound to my contacts anyway

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Originally posted by Chrono
great, thanks Menthix

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Sound Library, although you won't be able to send or receive any sounds.

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i wouldnt say it's "working" then, what's the point if you cant send nor receive sounds?

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Originally posted by Sunshine
It means you can import/export and create sounds again and as Chrissy said listen to them. Which is what I do when approving soundpacks for http://mpsounds.net. Until this release I had to start up my laptop, where I have Messenger 2009 and Messenger Plus! Live 4.85, to do this.

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Originally posted by Sunshine
It means you can import/export and create sounds again and as Chrissy said listen to them. Which is what I do when approving soundpacks for http://mpsounds.net. Until this release I had to start up my laptop, where I have Messenger 2009 and Messenger Plus! Live 4.85, to do this.

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listening to a sound track is as bout as exciting as listening to a recent porno video, why listen to it over an over again ?

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Originally posted by Sunshine
Some may like that and some do because of tasks (hmmm what would that task be in porn when listening....). Like I have to listen to (for me new) sounds before approving them into the soundpack database (porn sounds not allowed there btw).

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I've already attempt to skin the new messenger with Plus! 4.9, still in beta stages. Haven't skin since my last skin release. (going back to skinning mode.) I'm not going to release my beta skin yet, I'll wait until Plus! 5 comes out.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
I dunno what's so idiot about Chrissy's answer though, he too is correct

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I only installed it so then i'll know when Messenger Plus! 5 comes out! Can't wait to see what you guys can come up with for WLM 2011! I'll be waiting for December... bring it on!

Lol I used to use Messenger Plus! but then WLM died for me since everyone stopped using it, but when I saw that they had a beta version for WLM I decided to install it. 1 week latter they released their final copy of WLM 2011. The only things that i'm happy of what Microsoft did was get rid of that crappy window which had to stay or it would sign out of messenger, add Facebook chat and tabbed chats (guessing Messenger Plus! doesn't need to provide this to us now!). I've been trying to find a computer application that you could use to talk on Facebook unlike how Myspace has their own app... Skype latter released their program with Facebook integration, but you can't talk on Facebook chat. Only WLM 2011 does that. The only thing that I hate about their new version is that they took away some of the good features like group number stats, display name, ect.

If only Messenger Plus! 5 can fix this! Or at least Microsoft goes back to the drawing board and decides to give us these good features back! I just can't wait for Messenger Plus! 5! =D

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Originally posted by benzo93
The only things that i'm happy of what Microsoft did was get rid of that crappy window which had to stay or it would sign out of messenger,

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Originally posted by Kafman
He can be 'correct' about stating that you can listen to the sounds in the lbrary... and whats the point about? "Oh yeah, I'm going to open the sound library and rock on with my saved sounds..."

Currently it's only useful for the person that's testing the sounds, how ironic...

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Originally posted by benzo93
The only things that i'm happy of what Microsoft did was get rid of that crappy window which had to stay or it would sign out of messenger,

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What window was that? I never heard of a window which needed to 'stay' to be signed in.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

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Originally posted by benzo93
The only things that i'm happy of what Microsoft did was get rid of that crappy window which had to stay or it would sign out of messenger,

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What window was that? I never heard of a window which needed to 'stay' to be signed in.

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"Skinning back" the missing Plus! icons in the conversation window (923) does not work.

Also skinning 948, which I believe is the loading screen, does not result in anything. Even broken code (unfinished <element> tag) does not trigger a Skin Trace, and replacing files 4621 with a) a new file, e.g., 59888, or b) replace the image 4621 does not do anything.

Thank's

I'm waiting for the new Messenger Plus

Hi,

I wonder if anyone has tested if plus 4.9 accepts 1100 chars, because I think it has not the same amount of chars than the last version with wlm2009.

wlm2009 and plus 4.8, when it had more than 1100 chars, a txt file was created automatically.

tks.

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Originally posted by brjohnsmith
I wonder if anyone has tested if plus 4.9 accepts 1100 chars

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Does Messenger Plus! work with Windows Live Messenger 2011?

Once Plus! 4.9 is installed you will have to disable its safe mode to make Plus! load in Messenger 2011:
In the contacts list press the Alt key to make the menu bar appear. On the menu go to 'Plus!' -> 'Software Not Loaded'. Check the 'Disable safe mode' option and close the window. A warning will show. Press 'OK' ans Messenger will be restarted, this time with Plus! loaded.

   

...More info and corrections are welcome, I'll update the post accordingly .

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Originally posted by Sabinchyka

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Originally posted by Menthix

Does Messenger Plus! work with Windows Live Messenger 2011?

Once Plus! 4.9 is installed you will have to disable its safe mode to make Plus! load in Messenger 2011:
In the contacts list press the Alt key to make the menu bar appear. On the menu go to 'Plus!' -> 'Software Not Loaded'. Check the 'Disable safe mode' option and close the window. A warning will show. Press 'OK' ans Messenger will be restarted, this time with Plus! loaded.

   

...More info and corrections are welcome, I'll update the post accordingly .

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thank you you helped me with this

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The "Has You" column isn't reliable, but it has been useful for me a lot of times.

It is always right when referring to people who deleted you. (Had a "Yes", now has a "No".)

There are news for the release completely compatible with WLM 2011?

I have read that it should be released by the mid of december. It's true?

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Originally posted by msilv1988
There are news for the release completely compatible with WLM 2011?

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Anyone knows if theres gone be a "not flash/blink conversation"option in the 5.0 version?