Emoticons not shown [Solved]

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carm Nov 18, 2008 09:15PM

Hey, i'm using 8.5 and was having the same problem. After frustrating searches that lead to absolutely nothing, i decided to go in on it myself. I looked through the options and went to the TOOLS menu, where i found a link for......now brace yourself..........."SHOW EMOTICONS". I clicked it, and bingo...they work again. Hope that solves your problems. Solved mine :D

Carm

www.serieascores.com

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madi - Nov 19, 2008 03:57AM

No this is a not working. I have even checked all my settings, they are perfect. Nothing works for me. It is still giving me the same emoticon problem. Custom ones never work for new windows live. It sucks. 9 was so much better.

JJ - Dec 7, 2008 08:13AM

OMG!!! thank you sooo very much because of you mine shows :D ur the best been looking for help for a long time ty

Sej - May 5, 2009 10:54AM

Wow, this worked thank u
I installed and uninstalled & installed and nothing helped, thanks so much!!!

janette84 - Jan 1, 2010 11:18AM

so simple but it worked!! lol

my smilies havent worked for ages an now they r back

thank u

xox

Missilovemsn - Feb 2, 2010 02:00PM

Thank you SO much they autimatically worked again! Thank you Thank you Thank you

anon - Mar 19, 2010 03:12PM

it worked for on my name and stuff but not in the actual conversations which is really annoying me. :/

kavi - Mar 28, 2010 09:08PM

i already tried that and it still didnt work for me. yeah same here, like anon, it worked for my name but not my conversations. it's soo annoying!

steephh - Apr 1, 2010 01:22PM

itt workkedd (: thankkks.

Zeze - Apr 4, 2010 09:26PM

holey shit thanks lol i feel so stupid for not doing that before its been pissin me off too ever sence i downloaded the never verison i guess you never think that itll be in the most stupidist place when it actually is lol

Rondon - Apr 12, 2010 02:19PM

when u click the checkbox be sure to close out messenger entirely and reopen it then it'll work

Jess - Apr 15, 2010 05:40PM

woooo it worked for me too, how cud i be so dummbb!
that was easyy LOL

jake - Apr 22, 2010 01:33PM

just to note once u checked the box you need to close all chat windows u have open and reopen them for it to take affect

sexy - Apr 24, 2010 11:39AM

Yeah it worked for me 2 thanks carm!!

G X - Apr 30, 2010 03:31PM

WOW IT WORKS !!

K@R!M - May 2, 2010 09:55AM

cooool it works , thank u so much

Georgia :) - May 2, 2010 02:10PM

Thank you, mine works now :D :D :D *hugs you* lol

fdeokfjlds - May 3, 2010 11:47AM

Omg Thanks!:L

Drinno - May 5, 2010 04:37PM

thank you , works fine :D:D

rebeccaa:))) - May 9, 2010 02:07PM

thanks mines works now :)))

jacquiwalker - May 16, 2010 03:53PM

this didnt work for me.
what should i do now ?

Rose - Jun 13, 2010 05:34PM

didnt work for me :(

andres - Jul 7, 2010 10:23AM

didnt work for meeee :(

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benchy raver Jan 23, 2009 08:35AM

hello im here to solve your problem hopefull! i had the same problem a little while ago and i found the soloutin :D when you are talking to someone on the new msn if you press the "alt" key on the keybored a little menu will appear along the top of the screen scroll over to "tools" and follow down the list untill you come across ( SHOW EMOTIONS ) click on that and then try a smily face such as :D in ur send box you should then be able to use emotions again :) if the show emotionss has a tick by the side and still no luck with the emotions then it is a problem with windows live messenger :) good luck guys hope i helped you as much as i could email me if it worked :) x

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JIGGA - Mar 28, 2009 04:27PM

DUUUUUUDE you totally got mine to show up with that tip THANKS SO MUCH,i was going crazy not seeing my smileys ha :)

Toon - Jan 3, 2010 05:41PM

omg god your mint looked on a lot of websites thay have no clue but u make every thing cleaer thanks bud

Help miee - Jan 5, 2010 07:42AM

Thank you soo much it's easy now :)

sinner - Feb 22, 2010 11:13AM

thaaaank you soooooo much i've been suffering from this problem for too long x[
and now the problem is solved :D

vibhi - Mar 20, 2010 05:16PM

myn worked thanks alot

ist - Apr 9, 2010 05:53PM

Thank you very much xD your awesome:)

tishaaaa - Apr 25, 2010 12:14PM

i did it! wooohooooo :) these peoplee are likee brainiacs!

jayle - May 8, 2010 10:42AM

aweeesomeee!!! it solved my prob tooo!!! :D thanks for your kind comment!

Lydia - May 17, 2010 06:51AM

aaaah atlast it worked:D thankyooou!

Nicky - May 18, 2010 07:42AM

mine still doesn't work, i have a macbook so i got the messenger for a mac. but mine still doesn't work

Nicky - May 18, 2010 07:43AM

I NEED HELP. PLZ

wooooh - May 30, 2010 05:01AM

thank you soooo much my msn has been like tht for moths on end now now finally its sorted thank you again you are the best :)

Rose - Jun 13, 2010 05:35PM

Thank youuuu!!! :D

Skipz92 - Jun 13, 2010 06:16PM

thanks mate it worked :D :D

oussamagny - Jun 30, 2010 10:22AM

unfortunatly it didn't work for me i still can't see my contacts costom emoticones and AVATARs

Noor - Jul 6, 2010 05:37AM

thank you!!! it worked for me as well :)

CentreLeft - Jul 7, 2010 04:09PM

Cheers mate...worked like a charm!

yasmin - Jul 9, 2010 05:48AM

thank you it finally worked thanks so much fo ur help i appreciate it :)

me - Jul 11, 2010 06:10AM

thanks finally works now!

me!!! - Jul 14, 2010 01:01PM

ty!!!! so very much!!!!

ajay - Jul 25, 2010 03:23PM

yes it worked thank u veery much

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adam doc Jan 13, 2009 03:26PM

go ont to tools
then options
then messages
then show emotions
then show custom emotions
and then apply then ok
hey presto youve done it

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brinc - Mar 10, 2009 01:35PM

omg ty sooo much this has been causing me a problem 4 ages!

becc - May 25, 2009 06:34AM

thank youu soo much!

k.mick - Jun 26, 2009 06:24AM

ive tried goin to tools, nd options, and show emotions. it still doesnt work =/ im not sure what to do =/
any suggestion?

megzziie - Aug 10, 2009 02:09PM

there is no apply button !!!!!!!!!!!!! :@

Iona - Dec 30, 2009 08:39AM

yeh but ive done that like five times and it still dont work,
Its msn,
They've screwed up again.

gazzz - Mar 28, 2010 05:32PM

this worked cheers pal

Jim - Mar 29, 2010 03:59PM

Thanks just done that! And it worked ;D
Jim

unza - May 3, 2010 06:59AM

worked hurray..!!!

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gw Apr 26, 2009 04:44PM

THIS WORKS 100%

Okay this happened with me. What to do it click on you name on your ocntact screen. then click tool. Click messages and thenclick show emotions. press aply. then you cancel down all your people down your talking to. and woo. it works :)

hope his helps.

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madi Oct 24, 2008 09:42AM

Same is the problem with me :( but I cannot find a solution

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J Jan 24, 2009 06:05AM

on the main window

go on tools

then options

then messenger

then its there "show emoticons" and "show custom emoticons"

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Lanaa - Feb 19, 2009 12:06PM

IT WORKED!!

GO ONTO TOOLS
THEN OPTIONS
THEN MESSAGES
THEN CLICK ON THE BOX WHICH SAYS SHOW EMOTIONS
THEN CLICK ON THE BOX WHICH SAYS SHOW CUSTOM EMOTIONS
THEN CLICK APPLY
THEN OK
PRESTO!
IN A FEW MINUTES IT SHUD WORK X

cha cha - Dec 30, 2009 06:39AM

Where is Tools?

anonymous - Jan 31, 2010 11:24AM

press f10

oussamagny - Jun 30, 2010 10:26AM

when should i press f10 ??

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Yellow Oct 28, 2008 03:48PM

If you click on the emoticon from the emoticon tab thingy, it works, but no shortcut seems to work for me ._.

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Sipo Oct 25, 2008 04:39AM

Same problem here :(

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Chris Nov 17, 2008 05:55AM

I Get The Exact Same Thing , I've Tried Repairing , And I've Tried Going On the Emotion Tab Thingy Ticking Custom Emotions On < You 3 Try To Do The Tab Thing On Options , See If It works For You.

I Just Degraded , And Downloaded Messenger Plus! And Choosed A New Skin.

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Chris Nov 17, 2008 05:59AM

Greetings,

The current beta version of Messenger 2009 (v14) has a bug where [most] custom emoticons just
don't show up. I assume that's what you're referring to.

I'm sure it'll be fixed by the final release ;)

I've Just Found That At ; http://www.microsoft.com/...

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:) Mar 1, 2009 01:27PM

thankyouuuu. it worked..the whole alt then options-tools-show emotcons. cheerss xx

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Big Boy! Mar 6, 2009 03:59AM

if u use beta msn and your emotions don't show up go to "Show menu" then press "Tools", in there there press the last option -->"options". In there on the left there is a list of words. Select "messages" and then tick "show emoticons" and "show custom emoticons"

That sovled my problem at least, GL:)

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neewbiee.... - Mar 8, 2009 09:15AM

Just to share same issue with WLM 9... after follow the tool\option\... click show emotion and click show custom emotion... it still not work... then i accidentally find something 'show emotion'... I click on it..then the emotion show again..sorry that I cant find this "show emotion' again... so try to search u... good luck... ;)

neewbiee.... › Glyn - Mar 8, 2009 09:38AM

Hi Just add on... after you goto tool\option\message to check 'show emotion' and 'show custome emotion'...
the emotion still not work...Then I just find out one thing... you try to open a chat windows with one of your contact (double click one of you contact in your contact list, chat window will pop up). Then press "Alt' and you will see one tool bar will show up (you will see 'file, edit, actions, tool and help). Once again, click on the 'tools', then you will see there is a selection of 'show emotion'... click on it(show emotion) and you will see there is a 'tick' sign. Then the emotion will shown properly.

It works for mine. Hope it works for you too.

Cheers. Good luck.

Enki - Mar 8, 2009 07:48PM

I had teh same problem with the bit in the tools menu bot working. It sounds stupid, but to quote The IT Crowd, "Have you tried scitching it off and on again?" I completely closed Windows Messenger, opened it again, and now it seems to be working fine.
X!

Enki - Mar 8, 2009 07:55PM

Damn I made tonnes of spelling mistakes there...

Iona › neewbiee.... - Dec 30, 2009 08:44AM

Thank you so much!!
It works now
xD

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jackooooooooo Mar 31, 2009 03:15PM

mine do not show up and when you click to open the emtiocons box opens then you selevt one and it appears in your text box but when i hit enter it doesn't show up?

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Mike - Apr 21, 2009 06:34PM

None of these solutions work. The person on the other end can see them but I can not..

Anonymous - Nov 18, 2009 10:18AM

Ok guys I have found the answer. Now, you CAN go into the Tools menu by clicking on your name at the top of the msn MAIN window (not a convo). Turn ON the emotion and custom emoticons (under MESSAGES in the list). Now start a convo, if this STILL doesnt work (what happened to me), then press ALT, and a menu will come up. Click TOOLS and go down to where it says SHOW EMOTICONS and click that. For some reason, it only works if THAT setting is checked.

G-CEYG - Jul 4, 2010 01:19PM

wow that work for me thanks buddy :)

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chrisyeoh Dec 4, 2008 04:03AM

Try this..
Open Internet Explorer
Go to Tool | Internet Options
Clear all History, Cache and Temporary Files.

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jeffy91 Dec 7, 2008 12:05PM

this is brutal. i hate the new messenger live beta. my songs dont show and i've tried everything. my emotions dont show on my screen but on my friends? its messed up and i hate it.

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madi - Dec 10, 2008 12:51AM

I so agree with you!! I have tried everything but all in vain. Msn 9 live beta worked so well but new one is a BIG mess. Nothing can be done :S

mollie - Feb 14, 2009 11:34AM

if you want your music to show you have to go to tools then options then personal and it has show my media music when it plays ... not that hard

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hg Jan 18, 2009 10:56AM

there is a new release availabe which solved these problems

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s79 Feb 19, 2009 04:49PM

My emoticons al off a sudden are not showing as well. I have a vista business and i am trying to follow "tools-options-etc" but i cannot find messages. Can anyone help me?

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Martyn #1 - Feb 23, 2009 10:47AM

if you still cant find it then dont use msn and that will resolve your problem

UUizard - Jun 22, 2009 07:36AM

What a silly, pointless, reply.

Twilightfan2987 - Jun 28, 2009 03:27PM

If you have the latest version of messenger, go and click on tools, the word message doesn't appear right away, at the bottom it says options, click on that and on the right it appears message, click on it and then click show emoticons, apply and it's supposed to be working!!!

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MaxXx Apr 29, 2009 01:14PM

hey. .!
U can mak da emotions wrk by :
goin to : tools--- options--- messages---- and select 'show emotions'

for it to work- u have to sign out and sign back in again ..
hope it works xXx

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AngieBabiee1919 - Dec 26, 2009 11:42AM

Lol I didnt even have to sign out, just worked once i went to someones convo and sent then an emotion and i could finally see it!:)

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alventurous May 30, 2009 10:02PM

I think you haven't download the flash player.. Try download it from INTERNET EXPLORER.. not from other browser.. I hope it can help.

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Rosie Jul 5, 2009 12:02PM

i had the same problem with my emotiocons

this only works for people who are using version 9.0

clik on ur name at the top of ur main screen and it should say :
options at the bottom of the list

clikc on it and then a box shoulld come up.

look down the left hand side of the box and there shuld be messages there, click on it

then the second one down should be emoticons

click show emoticons and next to it should be show personal emoicons

clikc on that then clikc apply and it should work
hope i have been some help to you

if not then email me on
rosilinred@hotmail.co.uk
xxx

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