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Messenger Plus! Preventing saving of MSN Messenger settings. by kop48 on 06-19-2004 at 12:00 AM
This was a bug from a version ages and ages ago and it seems to have crept back up. Whenever I shut down windows, my background and picture settings in MSN messenger aren't being saved. I'm pretty sure it's an MSN Plus! problem, but I could be wrong. Is anyone else having this problem?
Windows Version: Windows XP, 5.01.2600
Messenger Client Version: 6.2.0133
Messenger Plus! Version: 3.01.0094
Thanks,
kop48 
Oh, and it only seems to be happening since verion 3.01. Version 3.0 seemed fine last time I remember....
RE: Messenger Plus! Preventing saving of MSN Messenger settings. by MC Inferno on 06-19-2004 at 12:17 AM
I sometimes get this with my DP's. But I'm not that bothered about it. My backgrounds are fine mind you
RE: Messenger Plus! Preventing saving of MSN Messenger settings. by matty on 06-19-2004 at 01:02 AM
Its a problem with MSN Messenger. If you are really concerned with it then before you restart your computer make sure you Exit MSN Messenger from the system tray (task bar) so that it will save the settings.
RE: Messenger Plus! Preventing saving of MSN Messenger settings. by Patchou on 06-19-2004 at 01:11 AM
wow, not good.. anybody else has this problem? it's true that I changed something there in version 3.01 but it was supposed to be improving things
RE: Messenger Plus! Preventing saving of MSN Messenger settings. by kop48 on 06-20-2004 at 08:23 AM
I'll try shutting down MsgPlus before I shut down my computer to see if this IS the problem. I'll post it here Patchou.
RE: Messenger Plus! Preventing saving of MSN Messenger settings. by kop48 on 07-28-2004 at 07:19 AM
what the? I posted again earlier and it's not coming up? 
Anyway, point is, my MSN is still doing it 
RE: Messenger Plus! Preventing saving of MSN Messenger settings. by CookieRevised on 07-28-2004 at 09:46 PM
It can also be a problem with MSN Messenger itself, unrelated to Messenger Plus!....
To make sure and to rule that out (or hopefully to fix it) try the following things:
Basic MSN Messenger option:
Go to "Tools > Options > Privacy" and make sure that this checkbox is unchecked: "this is a shared computer so don't store my adress book, display picture, or background on it"
If this was checked then that was your problem, if not, try the next thing...
MSN Messenger bug:
1) Close MSN Messenger completely (right click its icon in your systemtray and choose "exit")
2) Now delete the following folder. (Note: By doing this you will loose all your currently installed Display Pictures, Emoticons and Backgrounds):
\Documents and Settings\<windows accountname>\Application Data\Microsoft\MSN Messenger\<your_MSN_ID_number>\
3) Restart MSN Messenger
PS: to find exactly what your MSN ID number is you can use this program: http://shoutbox.menthix.net/attachment.php?pid=132217. Just run it and fill in your email that you use for MSN.
PSS: If there is only 1 MSN ID number then don't bother checking it, it will be yours, so delete it 
RE: Messenger Plus! Preventing saving of MSN Messenger settings. by kop48 on 07-29-2004 at 10:11 AM
Well, it's not option a, and the reason I know this is because if I shut down Plus! before shutting down MSN, the savings are saved. I know this was the problem before when Patchou acknowledged he had a bug in it (version 2.something ages back) and this was how I fixed it.
Anything else you would like me to try?
RE: Messenger Plus! Preventing saving of MSN Messenger settings. by ddunk on 07-29-2004 at 10:13 AM
quote:
Originally posted by kop48
Well, it's not option a, and the reason I know this is because if I shut down Plus! before shutting down MSN, the savings are saved. I know this was the problem before when Patchou acknowledged he had a bug in it (version 2.something ages back) and this was how I fixed it.
Anything else you would like me to try?
You could try using Lopardo's apploader and if you install the Plus! plugin that comes with it, you can set it up to close Plus! when you close MSN. Just be sure you have it close Plus! before MSN, obviously.
http://360software.dakotabcn.net/apploader/
RE: Messenger Plus! Preventing saving of MSN Messenger settings. by CookieRevised on 07-29-2004 at 01:48 PM
quote:The only way to know if it was "option a" is to go to the options of messenger and look if that setting is unticked... If the setting was ticked, then Plus! can have all the bugs you want or work as perfect as you want, your CE/DP/Backgrounds wont be saved....
Originally posted by kop48
Well, it's not option a, and the reason I know this is because if I shut down Plus! before shutting down MSN, the savings are saved.
quote:Well, does it fix the problem now? Thus when you kill msgplus before exiting Messenger, does Messenger save your CE/DP/background then?
Originally posted by kop48
I know this was the problem before when Patchou acknowledged he had a bug in it (version 2.something ages back) and this was how I fixed it.
If this is so, then why didn't you said that before
? In that case it is a Plus! bug....
RE: Messenger Plus! Preventing saving of MSN Messenger settings. by kop48 on 07-31-2004 at 07:13 AM
Thanks, but this being a bug forum and this being a bug in Plus, I thought it'd be more useful to get it fixed.
Ok my bad, the problem has nothing to do with Messenger Plus! directly. It's only because my windows doesn't let apps close nicely on shutdown. Hence MSN never gets to actually close properly. My bad. 