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Hi,

I have MSN  8.5.1302.1018 with latest MSN+

I have used reshack while on administrator with the process not running as follows...



1 VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION 8,5,1302,1018
PRODUCTVERSION 8,5,1302,1018
FILEOS 0x4
FILETYPE 0x1
{
BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
{
    BLOCK "040904B0"
    {
        VALUE "CompanyName", "Microsoft Corporation"
        VALUE "FileDescription", "Windows Live Messenger"
        VALUE "FileVersion", "14.0.8089.0726"
        VALUE "InternalName", "msnmsgr.exe"
        VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved."
        VALUE "OriginalFilename", "msnmsgr.exe"
        VALUE "ProductName", "Messenger"
        VALUE "ProductVersion", "14.0.8089.0726"
    }
}

BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
{
    VALUE "Translation", 0x0409 0x04B0
}
}


However still no MSN+ What do I need to do?
11-07-2009 10:51 PM
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RE: MSN 8.5 with no MSN+?
Upgrade to the latest Windows Live Messenger, http://download.live.com
The upgrade is for a very good reason: your security ;)

This post was edited on 11-07-2009 at 11:02 PM by Sunshine.
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11-07-2009 11:01 PM
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I don't want to upgrade... So how do I get MSN+ to work?
11-07-2009 11:03 PM
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RE: MSN 8.5 with no MSN+?
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I don't want to upgrade... So how do I get MSN+ to work?
You have to upgrade, Microsoft removed support for WLM8.5, and guess Plus! did the sameMenthix could explain it better.

This post was edited on 11-08-2009 at 12:26 AM by blessedguy.
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11-07-2009 11:09 PM
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RE: MSN 8.5 with no MSN+?
Plus! didn't remove support for 8.5 (as far as we can say 8.5 still exists), but besides the Messenger servers you are also tricking Messenger Plus! into thinking you are using Messenger 2009 while your are not. This makes Plus! behave differently, they way it should if your were really using 2009, but it will fail on 8.5. Nothing you can really do about it.

Best thing is probably get over it and install 2009 for real, find a skin you like if you don't like how the new version looks, and give it some time to get used to change.

Or you could hope Patchou puts out an update, but that would mean he needs to find another way to detect your real Messenger version just because some people start messing around with their files. I doubt the next major Plus! release would have support for 8.x versions in the first place.

This post was edited on 11-07-2009 at 11:25 PM by Menthix.
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