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#1 User is offline   eryen 

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Posted 23 September 2006 - 03:09 AM

There is an project for editable Windows Live Messenger addon but because of some multilanguage files setup does not work for everybody.

Apps we need.
1. msi2exe
2. MD5 creator (Little MD5-Creator, ...)

Extract MsnMsgr.msi from Install_Messenger.exe with winrar or another program.

Copy to same folder msi2xml.exe and xml2msi.exe.
In command prompt.
msi2xml.exe -c files MsnMsgr.msi

This will extract all files to "files" subfolder and will create MsnMsgr.xml file.

Now you can replace your patched files with original ones.
Please use the same file names in original files folder.
msnmsgr.exe=>msnmsgrexe
msgsres.dll=>msgsresdll
MSIDCRL40.DLL=>SDKCOMPONENTS_PPCRL_MSIDCRL40.DLL.1312FADD_90E2_487F_B4BC_5B3F1469FB3C

Create MD5 hash for new patched files.
Edit MD5 lines in MsnMsgr.xml.

You can find them by searching names like this.
msnmsgrexe" md5="
msgsresdll" md5="

after you replaced new md5 hash in xml file you are ready to finish job.
just type in command prompt
xml2msi.exe MsnMsgr.xml

Congratulations! You have a brand new modified messenger setup file.
Now you can create an addon with this file.
Compress with Winrar in silent sfx mode. U can use below line to Run setup.
msiexec.exe /quiet /norestart /i MsnMsgs.msi

This post has been edited by eryen: 24 October 2006 - 01:44 PM



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Posted 23 September 2006 - 05:10 AM

whats wrong with the msnmsger.msi /passive
to do the silent install ?
thats how i do mine

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Posted 23 September 2006 - 06:31 AM

View PostZcWorld, on Sep 23 2006, 02:10 PM, said:

whats wrong with the msnmsger.msi /passive
to do the silent install ?
thats how i do mine



Real point is modified msi file.
U can silent install how dou u want.

#4 User is offline   sk8er_boi 

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Posted 03 October 2006 - 12:08 PM

Cool tutorial man! Thnx for your efforts.

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  Posted 03 October 2006 - 05:14 PM

Thanks man.thats really working without any errors.File size smaller than original too.Thank you so much...

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