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Custom Emoticon Transfer
Posted by rogerpost on May 9th, 2008


Jonathan:
I found this posting after I wrote the other post. I believe this is the
answer to my question about how to move the Enoticons from my old XP to my
new XP. I am not sure I have the same version of Windows Live Messenger on
both computers. Is it important that I have the same verson as the old
computer does not have internet now but I think I could get it back on if I
needed to.

Thanks

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

Posted by Jonathan Kay [MVP] on May 9th, 2008


Hi,

Since it's XP, you probably have at least 8.1 (8.5 is fine too) on both machines anyway, so
you can just copy them over.

You'll find the files here on XP:
\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Messenger\LiveID\ObjectStore

Where username is your Windows username and LiveID is your Windows Live ID e-mail address.
Just copy the whole folder from one machine to another in the same location (although the
Windows username can be different).

Additionally, some of these folders will be hidden by default. To see them in Windows
Explorer, click Tools, then Folder Options, then the View tab, and then choose 'Show hidden
files and folders'. After click OK, they should appear with the other folders.

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