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Originally posted by LipoToid
Try looking in a DWORD in a registry setting. More than likely, encrypted at that.
You can't store DP's in a DWORD or even a QWORD.
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Originally posted by LipoToid
Most don't understand that it is very common to stuff array structs into a DWORD or QWORD for later retrieval.
Not quite correct. You can only store 32 and 64 bits respectivly in DWORDs and QWORDs, far less than needed for even a simply data structure.
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Originally posted by LipoToid
PPL, Microsoft is going to lock down on the resource dll support for WLM futures along with virutal memory constraints with the support for that extended checksum balancing.
Nothing to do with OP's question though.
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Originally posted by tjh2k6
Can anyone explain this in simple terms to me im a newbie and do not understand, i know how to access registry and make a few changes to things, but what am i looking for specifically?
Forget about all that, it doesn't have anything todo with what you asked for.... just a fancy way of saying that a lot has changed in WLM
Anyways...
The Display Pictures of other contacts are also stored (when they are retrieved) in a cache folder, just like in previous versions. In previous versions this was in your Temporary Internet Files folder.
See
CookieRevised reply to 'Where does MSN stores his stuff'
With WLM this has changed and moved to a subfolder named "
MessengerCache" of your Temporary Windows Folder
(which is often C:\Windows\Temp or simply C:\Temp).
There you'll find (among other things like the contact's cards for example) the contact's display pictures as a PNG files (but without the extension "PNG" and with a hashed filename).
Though, remember that since WLM is still in beta the location or method of storing (although I doubt the latter will chance) might change in futur updates.
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