Unfortunatelly it won't work this way You should of used some back up program. Well, you still can restore your emoticons, look in folder [your messenger id]\object store\custom emoticons ,they all there. In command prompt navigate to that location and type:
ren *.td2 *.gif
You can manually then add the emoticons back to messenger.
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You should of used some back up program. Well, you still can restore your emoticons, look in folder [your messenger id]\object store\custom emoticons ,they all there. In command prompt navigate to that location and type:
