[WLM] doesn’t remember E-mail address

Last update on October 29, 2009 09:23 PM by Dora The Explorer
Published by aakai1056

[WLM] - doesn’t not remember E-mail address








Issue


Whenever I turn off my computer even though I checked “Remember me” on my Windows Live Messenger, it does not remember. Each time I turn my PC on I have to write it again which is really annoying.

Solution


After hours of messing around with RegEdit + Yahoo Messenger + Microsoft's Virtual PC I've found the problem and a solution to why apps like Msn Messenger suddenly can't remember their passwords anymore.

When Yahoo toolbar gets installed it sets the following registry value:

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-796845957-926492609-725345543-1003\Soft-ware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
AppData = %AppData%

The problem here is AppData should actually be the following

AppData = %USERPROFILE%\Application Data

So when MSN or other apps that use that registry key go to save their data it gets lost.

So the solution is simple,
  • Click Start > Run
  • Type: regedit and go to: 
    • HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-796845957-926492609-725345543-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Set the value AppData to a data value of %USERPROFILE%\Application Data

Note


Thanks to Adam Johnson for this tip on the forum
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