Managing MSN Emoticons

There should just be a program that lets you easily install and move and trade and store msn custom emoticons. Sadly this is not the case! There are a lot of neat programs out there that let you do one of the functions I mentioned, but none that do all of them. Here is a list of the programs I've found thus far that are of some value, although again they are not perfect:


MSN Backup

Software for the backup and installation of Moods, Winks, Emoticons, Backgrounds and User Tiles from Microsoft MSN Messenger 7, 7.5 Live 8.0 and now 8.1. With MSN Backup you can see the image preview and the flash preview for the Winks.

**The downside is, in live messenger anyways, once an emoticon has been re-added from a backed up copy friends can no longer add the emoticon to their repetoire, it somehow disables the "add" options from their msn for the emoticon.

http://www.baisoft.it/msnbackup_english.asp


CEDP Backup Only

The Custom Emoticon/Display Picture Backup Wizard is a utility for backing up the custom content, like MSN Display Pictures and MSN Emoticons, that you have added to your MSN Messenger account (MSN 6.2, 7.0 or 7.5).

**This one only backs up files it doesn't put them back in msn, but it's neat if you get a lot of emotes from friends and want your own .gif version of them on your hard drive. Oh and it comes with spyware.

http://www.sherv.net/article78.html

Emoticon Adder

Automatically Add Custom MSN Emoticons into MSN Messenger

**This one has spyware as well, it works rather well though, it lets you add in a bunch of emoticons at once, the only downside is they have to all be named the same thing like "smiley1, smiley2, smiley3," etc. So it works best if you have a large, well-sorted collection. Oh and friends can "add" your emotes when you add them through this program.

http://www.sherv.net/MSN_Emoticons_Adder.html

EZ Emoticon

EZ Emoticons is a brand new add-on for MSN Messenger 6 and 7. It allows you to use all your custom MSN emoticons without the need to remember any shortcuts! EZ-Emoticons, as the name suggests, is easy to use. You simply press Control+Spacebar in an MSN Messenger conversation which will bring up a window with all your emoticons, and then click on the emoticons you wish to use. This means you can use over 300 MSN emoticons without remembering a single shortcut!

** The downside to this one is that is comes with spyware and only manages, doesn't backup emoticons

http://www.brothersoft.com/internet/communication/ez_emoticons_34022.html


CEDP Stealer

Steal your friends MSN Emoticons and Display Pictures and more!

**This comes with spyware and only lets you steal emotes that have been used in the convo, but it is kind of cool for stealing display pictures.

http://www.sherv.net/CEDP-Stealer-4.html