I'm using YM 10.... When I login I get the one you mentioned, "What are you doing now?" But I have the option of creating a new one. Hell I have five more listed. But I do have to change from the start-up one, to one I created. Now granted, I've never asked anybody if they can see my custom status message but I will find somebody tonight and ask...
When I added that link, it didn't look like the one I used the other day. But this one does..... I know it works as I had 9 custom messages and deleted four of them from the registry... And now, as I said, I have five custome ones on my messenger.... http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070219150336AAE9iJf Again, thanks for coming up with the answer to my original question. --- In [email protected], "LNVTM1 - Lenny Vasbinder" <lnv...@...> wrote: > > You could have just blamed that first thing on having a blonde moment... or > a senior moment. ;-) > > You must have an older version of YM. The newest version, 10.x does not > allow the Custom Status Messages, like the older versions allowed, and I'm > looking at the registry right now, for YM 10.x and I do not see a way to > edit the actual three pre-formatted messages either. In fact, I don't even > see the new three standard messages listed or I might have tried a registry > hack to try changing one to see if it actually worked. > > That link to the Yahoo Answer is from four years ago when YM did have the > capability for Custom Status Messages. > > As usual... the following Registry warning applies... DO NOT fool with your > registry unless you are following expert advice and/or know what you are > doing. It's also best to back-up your registry and any keys you might be > editing, prior to the edit or hack, in the event things do not work out. > Further, while it might be OK to fool with a particular programs registry > entries, know that changes could cause that program to become unstable or no > longer work at all. An uninstall and reinstall might be necessary. You > don't want this to happen to any of your main operating system registry > entries so always proceed with caution. > > Maybe somebody with more experience in registry hacks and more experience > with hacking YM can tell me if taking registry keys from an older version > and adding them to the newer version would give me added Status Messages > over the pre-formatted three that Yahoo now provides. I still have an older > version of YM running on one of my older computers, if it's possible that > this will work. I may get brave and try it anyhow... it won't be their > first or last time that I've uninstalled and reinstalled YM, if things go > awry. LOL > > Lenny Vasbinder > http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com (Rants, Raves & Information) > > FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and > files... > https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI Check out how simple and secure it can be to > use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up your most important > files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your computer. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of newshoesss > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 1:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Y!M] Status Message > > Well Hell....... > See I thought I wrote, "What are you doing?" LOL That's what made me wonder > why it would be showing up on the 2nd ID too:) > > Ok so problem solved.......thanks...... > > To answer a couple of your questions... > I created a new mail box and associated it with a new messenger ID. > Not an alias... > > As to deleting status messages from the registry.. > > Click Start > Run... type regedit and press enter. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > > Software > Yahoo > pager > profiles > *select your username* then click > Custom Msgs, in this folder you will see keys labeled as so.. 1, 2, 3, 4, > 5..for however many status messages there is....... > > Here's the link to a Yahoo Answers Question.. > http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061105052812AAvIPDj > > Thanks!! > > > > --- In [email protected], "LNVTM1 - Lenny Vasbinder" > <lnvtm1@> wrote: > > > > What do you mean by you created a 2nd messenger? Is this a second Yahoo > ID? > > Did you create it as a new and separate account or is this an alias of > > your main Yahoo ID. I don't think Yahoo allows the alias thing any > > longer but at one time, one could get many alias ID's that were all > > under their main Yahoo ID. > > > > As far as deleting older status messages, the Profile page status > > message is changed on the Profile and the YM status message is changed > > on YM and AFAIK, they operate independently. More than likely, you > > set the status messages the same at some point??? I've seen folks > > with their status message on their profile and it might be months old > > (they usually show the date of the status message) but those same > > people can have different status messages on their YM... or most > > people have no status message at all. Of course, on the newer > > versions of YM, they have the "What are you doing?" field and the > > actual status messages are not customizable any longer... with only > > the options of "Available", "Busy" or "Invisible". If you remember > > the place in the Registry for changing or editing these, I'd be interested > as I liked when they also had "BRB" or "Phone" or other status messages. > > > > Possibly, the "What are you doing?" field is linked to the Profiles > > depending on your own security/sharing settings but I haven't checked > this. > > Some folks share everything they are doing on YM and it shows up on > > their Profiles... every friend they add, comments they make on websites, > etc. > > Others share little or nothing. Many folks do not even realize they > > are sharing everything they are sharing. LOL > > > > BTW... when you said that you just learned this, do you have a link to > > a website or forum where you did learn this? I'm always interested in > > learning. > > > > Lenny Vasbinder > > http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com (Rants, Raves & Information) > > > > FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and > > files... > > https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI Check out how simple and secure it can > > be to use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up your most > > important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your > computer. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of newshoesss > > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 9:04 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Y!M] Status Message > > > > Hello Group, > > > > I created a 2nd messenger... > > But the status messgage on my original messenger is showing up on the > > 2nd messenger. How do I delete the status message on messenger two? > > > > Fyi, I learned how to delete older status messages from the registry > > today but the status message I want to delete is not listed in either > > messgenger registry. > > > > Ohhh and is there some correlation between my Yahoo Profile page which > > lists the same message as my status message? > > > > Thanks!!! > > > > Any ideas? >
