Change the MSN?

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Okay, a while ago i saw a post about editing out menu's from MSN Messenger.

Now, I looked at MSN 6.2 and saw the code and stuff, but it would be a bit easier if someone told me where i needed to go, and what was safe to edit out :/

I am getting rather attached to ResHack :D

Pete

[Larney]

Why would you want to edit out menu's?

[enigma-penguin Veteran]

what exactly do you want to edit out? I'm sure I could probably give you a hand

Edit: sorry to say I must go to bed now.. >_< 5 am and I've got to be up in 3 hours

hope someone else can help you

Edited December 24, 2004 by EnIgMa-PenGuIn

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Sorry, yea, I can wait for a few days.

I mean, like, certain things in the Menu's (in 6.2 a lot of the "Actions" i dont use) and in the convo window (like Launch Fun and Games - which i NEVER use), and the new Nudges and stuff, I dont want them there really :/

Thanks,

Pete

[Faiden]

how about remove the "Help" menu and the bar in the bottom "I want to"?

And move everything under 2 menus.

I would be glad if some1 told me how to to this

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

he wants to edit the menus to make it look like MSN Messenger 7.0. just save yourself the reshack, and download MSN 7 ;)

but you can EDIT out the menus. you can copy and paste them where ever you like. add new buttons where you want, make one master menu if you want too. it IS safe to edit the menus, but not in a different .dll

[enigma-penguin Veteran]

Thats all pretty simple to remove or change, but your going to have to give me specifics so I can tel you how to do each one :D

lylesback2, It can be done just as easily with 6.2, its just that no one really did it ;) besides msn7 actualy has more buttons he wont use .

btw what do you mean "different" dll? all he has to touch is msgslang.dll and msnmsgr.exe :blink:

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Okay, in MSN 6.2 (I will practice on this one first) I want to take out the button: Fun and Games (in the convo window). If I can remove this button, then the rest should be easy to see and know how to do.

Another thing, MSN 7 specifically, is that I would like to edit out the Nudges button/tab.

My friend says a simple Registry Setting will stop them being sent from other users to me (I dont want them at all!) so is this possible?

Thanks,

Peter

[enigma-penguin Veteran]

from memory :

to remove the fun and games button open up reshacker and search

atom(launchpadbtn)

and you should see :

  	<cmdbutton cmdid=40310 id=atom(launchpadbtn) class="TaskbarBtn" layout=borderlayout() AccName=rcstr(60036) AccDesc=rcstr(44030) ShortcutString=rcstr(60036)>
    
    	<png localized=false layoutpos=top flip=false idres=809 contentalign=topcenter class="TaskbarIcon" />
    	<element layoutpos=client padding=rect(2,-1,2,2) contentalign=bottomcenter content=rcstr(60036) />
  	</cmdbutton>

You can either remove those lines or set the layoutpos to bottom (and that should make it dissapear)

firstly for msn 7.0 you can just use a HEX editor to remove nudges

go to the hex location: 000D1F5A, which should have a value of "69" you need to change that to 00

you can even edit out the text for nudges by opening up mslang.dll in reshacker and searching for the "you have just recieved a nudge" and removing the string (then you wont even know it happened .. except for a blinking light on your taskbar)

to remove the button from your client

search for

id=atom(buzzbtn)

and remove these lines or once again you can change the layout pos

                        <cmdbutton cmdid=689
                                  id=atom(buzzbtn)
                                  class="ToolbarBtn"
                                  layout=flowlayout(0,2,0,2)
                                  AccName=rcstr(699)
                                  AccRole=57
                                  AccDesc=rcstr(700)
                                  >
                           <png flip=false padding=rect(2,0,0,0) idres=911  class="ToolbarIcon" />
                       </cmdbutton>

[Si Veteran]

Moved to Customizing

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Just found this post: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=245877&st=0

Answers all questions :D

Thanks,

Pete