Shoutbox

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Originally posted by Dane
Why doesnt someone make a program where you just enter your Passport Address, it generates the ID and backs up the files to your desktop in a folder "MSN Backups".  , I would, but I dont know how the Passport Address ID works, and im not great and manipulating files yet.

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See msn6 user id thingy if you want to know how to work out the user ID thing.

ooohhh ok...
the thing is that you said "aplication data", and I have a file "aplication data", and another file "datos de programa"...

thanks for your help!!

are there  AAAAAAALLL the emoticons I have?

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Originally posted by anikillaytor
ooohhh ok...
the thing is that you said "aplication data", and I have a file "aplication data", and another file "datos de programa"...

thanks for your help!!

are there  AAAAAAALLL the emoticons I have?

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You're welcome

All the emoticons you added yourself are inthere yes.

do i have to back up anything else to keep all my old winks/emoticons?? i just reinstaled the system, but i don't get any of my icons even i copied the backup folder into that directory..... hmmmmm

oh thanks a lot to sunshine and everyone else this is exactly what i needed thanks

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Originally posted by Dane
Why doesnt someone make a program where you just enter your Passport Address, it generates the ID and backs up the files to your desktop in a folder "MSN Backups".  , I would, but I dont know how the Passport Address ID works, and im not great and manipulating files yet.

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There is a program, read: Leo's Reply To Stolen Emoticons

Except this does not backup winks and muggins and moods.

I don't think it is really possible to back them up and for them to work again. Because really you have to buy them, and they are digitally animated (I think they are digitally animated or something.. ).

* CookieRevised looks at all the posts

This is the same old story as with Custom emoticons and Display pictures...

MSN Messenger stores everything in it's useuall cache folders...
see: CookieRevised's reply to re-name display pics?

The files themselfs are renamed, just like CE's and DP's. But simply copying them to back them up isn't enough (just as with CE's and DP's). In every directory there is also a cache file. This file holds the hashes, names, locations, whatever for your CE's, DP's, winks, muggins, etc. And this file is encrypted and encoded.

This means you can not simply copy everything and paste it into someone elses directory and expect it to work. If you want to add them again, you must do it one by one (and first rename them to the proper file extension again) via MSN Messenger itself...

There are "backup" programs for CE's and DP's (see http://www.sherv.net/), but they do also exactly that, adding all the stuff back via MSN Messenger. I'm sure such backup programs will be made also for winks and stuff, just be patient and keep an eye on sites like mess.be, msnfanatic.com, sherv.net, etc...


PS: and as for those directories where everything is stored, if you search the forums you'll find tons of posts already mentioning it...

backing up winks/moods by Monkey:

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Originally posted by Monkey

Ok I think I got it.
First get WMBackupper.
Unzip it in a folder without other files in it.
Now open the .exe and fill in your e-mail.
Click on Get Winks.
Depending on how many winks you have/had this may take a few minutes. Here it took around 5 minutes I guess, dunno why it takes so long to decrypt the file.
Anyway when finished it gives a messagebox and in the same folder as the .exe you'll now see a lot of .MCO files. ( and probably a cabarc.exe file which I used to create the cabs )
Okay, if you don't know how to install MCO files you can use another simple program from me.
Unzip the .exe to something like C:\Program Files\Local MCO Installer.
Then Right-Click a mco file and choose open with.
Choose program and search for the program you've just unzipped.
Now if everything went fine it will install the .mco file again.
(you can only install one file at a time with that program)

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I think that works

CE/DP/LvBacks/Backgrounds can be backed up with BeasManager also by Monkey