Shoutbox

I just had to change my msn to windows live... and i lost all my smlies. I thought i could just add them again manually, but I can't.

This msg keeps coming up

"The image you choose is already been used for another emotion.please choose another image"

at first, i thought i savedmy old smlies in msn in the comp already so it won't save. 

Then i went to applicatino folder, found the folder that says, " custom smilies" and deleted everything hoping to start anew.  However, that still doesn't work.


can anyone figure my problem out? I really liked all of my smilies.

Try re-installing WLM?

1) Make a totally independant temporary folder (eg: C:\myemoticons)
2) Copy every .DAT, .DT2, (and .PNG if any) from
"\Documents and Settings\<windows accountname>\Application Data\Microsoft\MSN Messenger\<ID number>\"
and
"%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\<.NET passport>\ObjectStore\CustomEmoticons"
to that temporary folder
3) Remove both messenger directories
4) Go to your temporary folder with all the copied files and rename every single file to .PNG (if they aren't already named liked that)
5) remove duplicates images if you have some (check with an image viewer)
6) start Windows Live Messenger and start adding the icons in the proper way by going to Tools > Emoticons > Create... > Find Image
7) remove your temporary folder (optional)