Emoticons missing

Hi, I have a new computer and I'm moving everything over to it. Where do I
find my custom emoticons on the old computer so that I can move them to the
new one?
I assume they are stored there somewhere, just not sure where.

Thanks in advance.

Jonathan
Thu Mar 06 23:06:06 CST 2008

Greetings,

Assuming you're using Windows Live Messenger 8.1, you can just copy over the folder without
much difficulty.

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

and on Vista:
\Users\username\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Messenger\LiveID\ObjectStore\CustomEmoticons

Where username is your Windows username and LiveID is your Windows Live ID e-mail address.

Additionally, some of these folders will be hidden by default, to see them simply press the
Alt key on the keyboard in any Windows Explorer window to bring up the toolbar, 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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"Kantishna" <akannac@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:uAw85NzfIHA.5752@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi, I have a new computer and I'm moving everything over to it. Where do I
> find my custom emoticons on the old computer so that I can move them to the
> new one?
> I assume they are stored there somewhere, just not sure where.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

Jim
Fri Mar 14 17:46:01 CDT 2008

Kantishna,
I found a VERY cool and fast 3rd party tool that did the trick for me in a
matter of seconds.
I am SO happy with I found it, I can't begin to tell you.

Try this FREE tool.

http://www.emoticonmadeeasy.com/

It make a zip file and then you install the software on the new computer and
it restores it perfectly. It does not migrate saved messages, but those are
simple text files if you just have to have them.

Jim.
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Jim.


"Kantishna" wrote:

> Hi, I have a new computer and I'm moving everything over to it. Where do I
> find my custom emoticons on the old computer so that I can move them to the
> new one?
> I assume they are stored there somewhere, just not sure where.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>