BUG: MSN Messenger OR Windows Media Player woes :(

[Kevin C.]

I got a problem. This concerns both MSN Messenger & Windows Media Player.

I like cleaning out my 'C:\Documents and Settings' folder by deleting
useless files such as 'ntuser.ini', 'desktop.ini', etc. There are however
some files I can't delete such as those READ-ONLY files. Then there's my
QuickLaunch and Favorites I do not touch

Now I am aware that MSN Messenger 7.0 creates and uses:

C:\Documents and Settings\Kevin\Application Data\Microsoft\MSN Messenger

QUERY 1:

This is were it stores all your winks I get sent different winks from
friends all the time. Is there a way to use their winks as I can't seem to
find their ones. Unless it's stored in a different temporary folder.

PROBLEM 1:

I tested deleting this MSN Messenger folder (C:\Documents and
Settings\Kevin\Application Data\Microsoft\MSN Messenger). Rebooted and found
MSN Messenger to recover and work perfectly. It's like it's first time
loading MSN Messenger 7.0 again. Sure I have to type in my MSN login again,
but that's like 2 seconds work. Plus I keep my History folder stored in a
different partition so that's fine. And MSN Messenger nicely remembers the
path to my History folder stored on the other partition.

The problem is that I've now lost Windows Media Player connectivity. Turn on
"What I'm Listening To" doesn't work anymore :S. I remember there was a
second option in Windows Media Player to use MSN Messenger but it's not
there anymore

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Kevin,

Answer 1:
The winks are stored here, but what your friends use isn't stored unless you use the "Get
this wink" option when they use it.

Answer 2:
I assume then that if you open up Windows Media Player, click the Tools menu, then Options,
then Plug-ins tab, and look under the Background category that MSN Messenger Music Plugin is
not there? If so, simply click the 'Add' button in that dialog, navigate to the \Program
Files\MSN Messenger folder, and choose the psmsong.dll file. The Messenger plugin should now
appear so you can check it.
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[Modem Ani]

<lol> ntuser.ini and desktop.ini are system files that are recreated each
time you reboot. You accomplish nothing by deleting them.

Modem Ani

 

[Kevin C.]

time you reboot. You accomplish nothing by deleting them.

What use are they anyway? Just one line files. I use a script now that on
every bootup deletes all ntuser.ini and desktop.ini files recursively.