TUTORIAL: Change Yahoo! Messenger Default Status Messages With Your Own Messages

[Vishal Gupta]

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Hi guys!

So lemme tell u how I found this trick?

Recently I started using WLM and I used to hv my own customized status messages in both yahoo! messenger as well as WLM.
But I found an annoying thing in Yahoo! messenger. That it always forgets our own customized messages at every startup and set "Available" as default. But WLM always remembers our customized status messages.

So as always my little naughty mind started thinking about my favorite Resource Hacker and I opened it and started R&D with Yahoo! messenger's "Program Files" folder files. After a few minutes R&D, I found the desired strings in "res_msgr.dll" file.

So here is the complete tutorial to change the default status messages in Y! messenger to our own customized text:

1. Open "%programfiles%\Yahoo!\Messenger\res_msgr.dll" file in Resource Hacker.
2. Goto:

Menu -> 376 -> 2057

and in right-side pane, u can replace the existing status messages with ur own desired strings. But remember it'll only change the menu text, which is displayed when we click on:

Messenger -> My Status

3. Now the final thing, to change the original status messages, goto:

String Table -> 695 -> 2057
String Table -> 696 -> 2057

and in right-side pane, change the status messages with ur desired text.

Thats it guys. There r lots of other interesting things in this file, which can also be hacked to change the menu/dialog appearance of Y! Messenger.

[rakeshishere]

First one to say :Thanks

[casanova]

Yahoooo! Vishal. This should help me show off for the little time I use Yahoo!

[hemant_mathur]

Second one to say : Thanks

[Vishal Gupta]

My pleasure guys. I always like to share my findings...

[iceeeeman]

lovely one dude

[NIGHTMARE]

wow man cool nice one bro any idea of change G talk status

[dreams]

works!!! was wondering hw to change the default status..this tut came in handy..thnk u.

[hackers]

thx vishal
i most of time use msn so pls try on msn!!!!!!

[stylo_asif]

good Graet work Thanks

[ax3]

cool frd ........ u have MASTERED tweaking WINDOWS files ........ now u r back bt this time its YAHOO ..........

way 2 go frd ....... & ur site is COOL 2 .........

[Vishal Gupta]

^^ Thank you.

[piyush gupta]

As usual awsome work vishal

lagee rahoo

[shyamno]

Hat's off to you.....u r great..man !!!

[clmlbx]

thanx

[gaurav_indian]

Why not making a sticky thread "Dr. Vishal Gupta's new inventions"?

[MR.MOUSTACHE]

heads off to u vish ..... great work ........... keep going ( actually its better for us if u run )

[almighty]

thanks VIS-TA

[Vishal Gupta]

You all are welcome.

[pritish_kul2]

LAST one to say thanks

[Vishal Gupta]

^^ And first one to say "you are welcome".

[FreakAngel]

Hello,
I was trying to follow this tutorial and perhaps there's nothing wrong but I gotta check.

When click on Menu, I see the 376 folder but under it there's 2057. Instead I have a folder called 1033. Same thing with 695 & 696 in String, only 1033 again.

Anything wrong there or is that just the name/number on my computer?

Thanks and take care,
Tim

[krates]

Vishal waiting for msn messenger tricks