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Hi all.

My current email is *******@bigpond.com and i'm changing isps soon. So that means i'll have a new email and a new net passport.

Now if i save all my msg preferences to a backup file i can sign in with my new email on msn and import that file right?

But... it won't have all my custom names and settings imported because it thinks i'm a different user and i'll have to chnag eit the custom anems and setting for the new email? Is this correct?

Well how do i import all my preferences to a new email?

Is there a way yet?


Thanks

Rhys

You can still sign in to MSN Messenger if the email address doesn't exist anymore...

yeah i know that but i don't want to do that.

I want to be able to sign in with my new email and all the custom names to be there

I don't think there's a way to do this yet... But if you explain it a bit more throroughly you'll might get somebody that could help you a bit better by either making a program, or somebody that can tell you how you can do it already (if you can).

If you are talking about your Plus! settings (ie. custom names), in the preferences panel there is a spot that says "Save/Load" in the bottom left corner. Just click that and select "Export". Click next, and select what you want to save and where to save it to. You should then be able to load those preferences to the new sign in name by importing the same file into the settings for the new screen name. If you mean the regular Messenger settings, the only thing I know of that you can save is your contact list.

Is that about what you were talking about? If not, a bit more information would be useful.

If you mean your MSN contact list, MSN can export/inport a contact list as well. Look under the "Contacts" menu. It creates an XML file that you can use to inport your old contacts to your new passport account

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Originally posted by MeEtc
If you mean your MSN contact list, MSN can export/inport a contact list as well. Look under the "Contacts" menu. It creates an XML file that you can use to inport your old contacts to your new passport account

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I think the main thing rhys100 is trying to find out is whether he can do this with custom names staying on the contacts. So basically this depends on whether or not the Plus! preference backup backs up custom contact names.

yes, Plus! does back up all custom names, along with most other settings as well.

Don't worry.

Thanx for your help i solved the problem.