Recently Window Live messenger 2009 released to public and Microsoft starting force MSN messenger users to update. You will be receiving a pop up message ‘ a new version is available, you must install the newer version in order to continue.Would you like to do this now ?’ after sign in, if you click ‘no’, you will unable to log in into your window live messenger (WLM). If you prefer MSN or WLM old version without upgrade to WLM 2009 then you can try this.
You can use this software tool ‘eXeScope’ continue using your MSN or old version of Window Live Messenger. eXeScopee can analyze, display various information, and rewrite resources of executable files, that is, EXE, DLL, OCX, etc. without source files. Other features are ;
Change font type face and size
· Change size and position of dialog boxes or forms
· Change the arrangement of controls in forms
· Change text in message boxes
· Change text of menus
· Change assignment of accelerator keys
· Export icon, cursor, bitmap, AVI, WAVE, MIDI, JPEG, GIF, etc.
· Rewrite icon, cursor, bitmap, AVI, WAVE, MIDI, JPEG, GIF, etc.
· Examine imported DLLs.
· Examine exported functions of DLL/ActiveX/OCX
Change MSN Product Version
1.Download eXeScope and unzipped. Then double click to run ‘eXeScope.exe’ file.
2.Select ‘File’ > ‘Open’,find ‘msnmsgr.exe’ and open it (normally in path C:\program files\Window Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe).
3.Then select ‘Recourse’ > ‘Version’ > ‘1’.
4.Go to ‘ProductName’ and right click, select ‘edit’.
5.In Value column, key in WLM 2009 latest version 14.0.8050.1202 and click ‘OK’.
6.Select ‘Edit’ > ‘Save Update’. After that will showing a confirm message, then click ‘OK’ and ‘YES’.
7.Try to open up Window Live Messenger or MSN messenger, then already can sign in.
Hope can help all of you.
PS:If the above steps can’t work,please refer this new MSN update.
soemthing new for me..thanks for sharing the trick with your readers !
yes.I use this with my MSN 8.0
Thanks! I hate the new MSN UI and prefer the 8.1 one.
didn't work on my 8.0
didn't work on my 8.1…still need to update to newer version…
For those of you who could get it to work, continue reading. It works in version 8.5, but I haven't tried it for any other version. Here's what I did: You need to change it in four different places. When I got to Step 4, instead of editing the ProductName –> Value, I edit the ProductVersion –> Value (enter the latest version as of today). The second place you need to change it is the FileVersion, just above the ProductVersion in the list. The last two places are shown in the picture (in Step 4) where it shows 'File Version' and 'Product Version' right at the top. Change them all to the latest version. Save Update, and click OK. Open Messenger to see if it works, and click 'About Messenger' in the help menu to check that the version number has been changed. Post back in the comments so we know how it went.
P.s. It's important to know that you can only change it once–so get it right the first time; I tried to re-change afterwards it but it would let me–maybe someone else will have better luck with that. Also, your firewall or antivirus program might alert you to changes in your system; this is normal since you've just modified Messenger, so just allow it if it pops up, providing it's not an alert about a hacker or a virus!
hello, i got on this step where i have to change the product name but when i press the right click of my mouse then there is no edit button come on new window,(there is button showed but its light gray color and cannt be selected)
so what should i do???
This worked brilliantly! I am just 14 and this was so easy to do! I hate the new MSN interface, and was prepared to do anything to stay with my older version. They i discovered this! Absolutly brilliant….
anyone got msn plus working on 8.5.1302.1018 after the edit ? Because mine doesn't seem to work =_=,… oh well, now I'm gonna try to edit that one as well with this program [and with reshacker, from another post,… if I'm lucky, I'll let you guys kno]
Works perfect!
Thanks alot sir.
Also works with a program calles ResHacker.
I hope MS one day fixes their products, or does extensive beta testing.