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OK! So I need to know where Messenger defines the directory for emoticons as I would like to move them to another location. I understand they are located in C:\Documents and Settings\your PC username\local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\your messenger username\ObjectStore\CustomEmoticons. I require the file in which defines this as the emoticon directory so that I may change my emoticon directory. Please notify me on how I can do this. Thank you.

I think that the directories for both XP and Vista are actually inside the WLM executable itself, so you can't do anything about it, sorry :/

You could perhaps create a shortcut to it somewhere else, so you can access it from your desktop etc. but that's pretty much all you can do.

well there is something, weather it be a registry entry or a configuration file, or even code within the executable, which says to look there for the emotes. All data is alterable if it can be found with hex editors and the like if needed. I was just wondering where it would be, I shall check the executable. Thanks!

ryxdp: I think he means the custom emoticons. No doubt the built-in ones are inside the executable.

and yes, there should be a way to change the directory.

doesn't look like there is anything in the registry

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Originally posted by Baggins
ryxdp: I think he means the custom emoticons. No doubt the built-in ones are inside the executable.

and yes, there should be a way to change the directory.

doesn't look like there is anything in the registry

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The ObjectStore directory is most likely either in the registry as a REG_BINARY value (I did a quick search for "ObjectStore" to see if it was just a REG_SZ), or inside the executable (i did another search in most of the files in Program Files using XVI32, but I couldn't find anything). The default emoticons are stored in msgsres.dll as a single image, not msnmsgr.

Yeah I would like only to change my custom emoticon directory, I tried hex editors and memory editors on the exe but it seems futile in my hands. Thanks for all the support!