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Originally posted by soap1125
What i mean is for it to disable them so you can't see the emoticons for say example 
in Windows Live Messenger and your contacts can't see ect when you send them.
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Disable them in Messenger:
Tools > Options > Messages > Show emoticons
Tools > Options > Messages > Show custom emoticons
Not quite what the OP wanted. He wanted to disable them on both ends.
I managed to get it working. And very effectively I might add. I made use of the
zero width space. By inserting this character into the middle of the emoticon it will simply show the code for the emoticon on both ends.
Cheers!
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