Emoticons Missing

[Delboy]

I am having trouble with Windows Messenger 4.7; When I
try to send an emoticon nothing happens. If I send a word
like Hi it appears as Hi))
If someone sends me an emoticon it is displayed as
keyboard characters, so a smily face will display as
and NOT as an emoticon!
Obviously I have checked the display emoticons box and
have uninstalled and reinstalled version 4.7 about 4
times. I have also re-installed v4.6, but to no avail.
Any suggestions please? Thanks.

 

[Delboy]

Thanks for that. Yes MSM Messenger 6 works fine, but I
would like to find out why 4.7 doesn't work properly. It
seems it may have been after I uninstalled HOTBAR which
may have affected the way emoticons are displayed. Just
hope it hasn't affected anything else. Bye for now.
Delboy.