Shoutbox

To replicate:

1. Right click on MSN Messenger 7 icon in notification area
2. Click on "Send an Instant Message".
3. You will/may see that any of your on-line contacts are listed by e-mail
address - a poor way to go! Who can remember the e-mail addresses of 20-30 online contacts?

4. Now, open the main MSN Messenger ver 7.0.0813 window.
5. Go to Contacts | Manage Contacts | View Contacts By.  You will see that
the default is by e-mail address.

6. Choose to display contacts by "Display Name".
7. Exit MSN Messenger main window.

8. Now, repeat steps 1 and 2. You will now see your contacts by their
display name.

Great, that is exactly how some of my home user clients want it. The problem is this. The setting DOES NOT HOLD if you sign off and exit MSN Messenger, nor if you do a reboot (of course).

You have to go through steps 4-6 "every time".

Now, go to Messenger Plus! | Contact List | Custom Names and remove the check from "Enable Custom Contact Names". Apply and exit out.

Again perform steps 1-2 above. You will now see the on-line contacts listed by name!

Great again! But, now many of the names in the floating contact boxes are being listed by e-mail addresses where they weren't before (used to be listed with the custom names)

Is there any way that you can use names in BOTH areas at the same time?

Thank You in advance,

Richard