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The reason i installed msn live "plus" is because i used to use msn 7.5 with plus until they said i had to install windows messenger live in order to continue using msn. But i had important information saved under 'contact information' in 7.5 and MSN would not let me access it so i can atleast save it elsewhere ..So in being forced to install windows live, i tried to install windows live plus hoping my information will still be there ..but in the new windows live plus under contact information..there isnt even a 'personal notes' section.. there is just..event information for the certain individual..and yeah.. so now all my information is lost. what can i do?

Hi

Just today, I've experienced exactly the same thing here on my PC.

I was using MSN 7.5 until yesterday, and suddenly today was forced to install Windows Live Messenger.  I had no choice but to install it.  So, did I.

Then I logined using the new Windows Live Messenger, but all the contact information such as nicknames are gone.

I have so many people in my MSN so I always renamed them to easily identify.

How can I restore all the rename information.

Please help.


HaeRim

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Originally posted by smotala1
The reason i installed msn live "plus" is because i used to use msn 7.5 with plus until they said i had to install windows messenger live in order to continue using msn. But i had important information saved under 'contact information' in 7.5 and MSN would not let me access it so i can atleast save it elsewhere ..So in being forced to install windows live, i tried to install windows live plus hoping my information will still be there ..but in the new windows live plus under contact information..there isnt even a 'personal notes' section.. there is just..event information for the certain individual..and yeah.. so now all my information is lost. what can i do?

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OMG I am in the exact same dilemma as you. I renamed my clients to their respective names and companies; and now I have absolutely NFI who anyone will be ><

I've got the same problem.

Even if I could only retrieve that information as .txts it would already help.
But as it is, I simply can't tell who half of my contact list is. And I dislike the use of the Rename Contact feature (and it wouldn't really be of much help in my case).

I have over 380 contacts, so even with the rename contact feature being used I probably would still forget some people and things like "where I met such person" and etc. (In fact, I even had things like phone numbers marked in the Contact Information area, since it was an easy and practical way to organize the information for me).

I'd really appreciate if someone could help us with this.

**CLEARLYYYYYY* windows live messenger sucks. 7.5 seems liek it had more features. and okay the plus is missing half of what its supposed to have. i like, uninstalled and installed so many older versions of msn, ANY version but 8 and none of them worked. ugh.

Contact Rename features from Messenger Plus! Versions gone by have be removed from Messenger Plus! Live as Windows Live Messenger itself has this feature and no you can not get the information from Plus! to Live Messenger.

More info:
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=61120

Have you tried this smotala1?

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Originally posted by toddy
to stop the update read here
http://forum.mess.be/index.php?showtopic=22548&view=findpost&p=169707

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Keep in mind you should completly remove WLM 8.1 first before you try that suggestion.

If that trick does work you might want to try and copy all the info if you wind up going to WLM 8.1 again.

I uninstalled WLM completely and reinstalled MSN 7.5.  Then Messenger Plus 3.

That recovered perfectly now.


HaeRim

...I too had the same annoying issue since being FORCED to update to WLM8.1...

...PLUS, I found my Contacts List doubles in size...!!!

...not sure if the 2 issues are inter-related...???

...on another note, and possibly not directly linked to MP!, but my latest emoticons have all disappeared...
...and the residual old ones have reverted back to their original shortcut keys...(

...any suggestions anyone...???

M.

Thanks a lot, AceyUnLtd! =D I was able to sign in on MSN 7.5 with that.


Would anyone know in which file Plus stores that kind of contact information? (It would probably be easier if it were all in a file instead of copying it one by one)