I have encountered a strange issue with my Windows Live Messenger 2011 today. All of my msn contacts appear offline. Despite how many times I have tried to restart my com, reset my internet connection, and even flush my dns, the result is still the same. Like usual, i decided to google and this is the solution that i have found:
For Windows 7 users
- Close your Window Messenger application.
- Go to C:Users<your Windows login name>AppDataLocalMicrosoftWindows Live.
- Delete the Contacts folder.
- Start your messenger, it should work now 🙂
References:
Contacts in Windows Live Messenger appear Offline when they are Online
I tried this on my system (i use Windows Vista)…still no luck. any other suggestions?
hmm.. no idea bro, we only encountered this issue at windows 7
dude your the man!
He is Indeed! It Totally worked! I was freaking out because i couldn’t get it to work
Thanks it worked (on windows 7) ..:)
hey bro but i dont have the contacts folder
thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks i loooove you !!
i tried eveeeery fuckin thing !! i deleted things added things
but nothing worked !! but now 😀 im happy ha ha
no problem bro! 🙂
But i guess we will have a bigger “headache” issue to worry about, as Microsoft will be retiring msn in another 2 months time. Skype just dont come close to MSN in terms of messaging.
http://www.techspot.com/news/51280-microsoft-to-retire-messenger-service-on-march-15.html