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Plus > Preferences > Message Helpers > Quick Icons > Configure.
The Window "Custom emoticons" appears next, but how do I insert Emoticons in the different panels?
There is a button "add new" which is inoperative.
I have a whole set of Emoticons downloaded to a folder but I seem unable to reach that folder and insert custom emoticons .
Anyone who knows the proper procedure?
Thanks.

You only seem to be able to add them to panels 3-5.

You can add emoticons to whichever panel you would like.
You have to set the boxes correctly though; if you choose to automatically add custom emoticons to a certain panel, you are not able to add them to other panels, I believe

You should see your custom emoticons in the lowest box. Clicking on one of them enables the Add New button. Then you should be able to add them.

Tochjo and Raceprouk,

I found a way to get Custom Emoticons into any of the five panels, but it is a fairly time consuming procedure .

First you have to import Emoticons (from any folder) to your MSN under Tools > Create Emoticons.
Each Emoticon then requires a sequence of characters that you my randomly choose.
You can put up to 10 extra Emoticons in your default MSN Emoticon file.

All newly imported Emoticons (any number more than 10) are now also visible in Plus under the Preferences tab and you can check them one by one and add them to any of the panels.

I wish our mysterious friend Patchou would provide some more explanation on that topic, but there isn't much to find in the FAQ.
Who is this 23 year old Whiz'Kid Patchou anyway? An American or French guy? The name sounds pretty much French to me ...

Dr. Hugh, the way you described is exactly the correct one

Patchou is born in France, but now lives in Quebec, Canada.

Heyo Tochjo,

Aged 17 you seem like a very clever guy .
So here is another question for you. To get rid of these boring ad popups on the bottom of MSN I installed the Crystal patch for vs. 6.2 that removes the ads.
However, MSN is always launching new versions about every 3 weeks. And then again, there are your ads appearing.

Apparently in Plus there is a feature that removes ads too. Does that concern the ads I mentioned?
If so, there is no use applying an ad-free patch and always update MSN to the latest version.

Yes I more or less figured out Patchou was a French Canadian living in Québec. But thanks for the info

Best wishes,
                          Dr. Hugh

Thanks for the compliment

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Originally posted by Dr. Hugh
in Plus there is a feature that removes ads too. Does that concern the ads I mentioned?

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I think it does, if I understood you correctly. Go to Plus! > Preferences > Contact List and enable the first option (Hide advertisement banner). Then click OK and see if it has the effect you would like (of course, when you have a non-patched version of Messenger; you won't see any difference if a patch removed it already ).

Have you tried it yet?
I would like to know if it really works before downloading the newer version. I have 6.2 now but there is an update available. When I installed that I got the ads below, so I applied a Ghost Image to restore the OS

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Originally posted by Dr. Hugh
Have you tried it yet?

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I tried it, and it works, but I don't know if you mean the same banner:


If you mean that one too, then it works

That's indeed the one I meant. That banner always turns into ads.
The look of the MSN window I now have (due to the Crystal Patch) is without that banner.