This is not a bug I think, but simply something which wasn't programmed in. Nevertheless, it is indeed a bit strange that
1) It wasn't thought of
2) It was never 'discovered' before
PS: Note that you can not completely protect your settings though. It is relativly easily to disable the preferences password, and you would also always be able to alter the preferences directly via the registry. The preferences password is just for very basic 'protection'.
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Originally posted by a3440310
Thanks for reporting the bug for me. I will try and find out where I can follow the progress of the bugfixing by the makers of Plus.
You can't realy 'follow' it.
Simply check from time to time if Patchou or Nathalie post in that
bug-thread (you can subsribe to it) and make sure you always have the latest version of Messenger Plus! Live installed.
But note that this issue requires some (small) UI-changes. Also, they are mainly focussing on Messenger Plus! Live 5. And it will still be a while before it will be released to the public. I can imagine that this issue is also not top-priority at all (because of the weak protection scheme - you could always bypass it anyways), so don't expect it to be added soon.
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