Unfortunately, the auto sharing feature when direct linking pictures from Photo Sharing Websites cannot be modified on Windows Live Messenger 2011.

This feature is not related to the built-in photo sharing function.

If after having a long chat and exchanging several files, you somehow delete some of them and forget where the rest are, Windows Live Messenger saves all transferred files in a TEMP folder.

So where are received files located ?

C:\Users\WINUSER\AppData\Local\Temp\MessengerCache

You can order them through Date Modified and open them with the proper program.

Source. Recover Received Pictured on Live Messenger.

Many users realize that after adding a new friend on Facebook, that doesn’t reflect on Windows Live Messenger.  Unfortunately there’s only one method to fix this problem and that is disconnecting completely Facebook from MSN and then connecting it again. The full article can be found below.

Source. Sync Facebook Friends on MSN Messenger 2011.

When you have aroung 20 contacts on your MSN, receiving an online status notifications can be pleasant.  That changes a lot after your integrate Facebook and import around 500 friends.  Receiving Facebook Notifications becomes annoying.

1. Go to Tools » Options
2. Choose Notifications
3. Uncheck the option Notify Me When Any Friend Signs In To Messenger.

Unfortunately this will also prevent receiving notifications when your regular friends log in to messenger.

Source.  Stop Facebook Status Notifications on MSN.

After the release of Windows Live Messenger 2011, most of us complaint about the nickname feature removal.

And despite all that ranting we can at least modify our contacts’ names and choose whatever nickname we want to.

1. Right Click on your Contact’s Name
2. Choose Edit Contact
3. Once on Windows Live, change First and Last Name (You can’t leave a blank space on the latter field, but you could just add a dot)

Source. Change Contact Nicks on MSN 2011.

Amongst all the features that were removed on Windows Live Messenger 2011 is the Show Webcam Feature.  Now, unless you have a video chat with someone, you can’t just enable your camera so all your contacts can see you, so the conference video chat is gone as well.  Read the detailed guide to find out more.

This is how to have multiple video calls on Windows Live Messenger 2011.

Due to problems related to updater files on MAC.  Unblocking Contacts function doesnt seem to work on Windows Live Messenger 2009.  Despite trying once and again, the contact remains blocked, and even if you go to the blocked contact list under Tool, they are not there.  If you check with online IM like Meebo they are actually unblocked. Read the article to know how to make the unblock function work on Windows Live Mesenger 2009.

Most users fully uninstall Windows Live Messenger 2011 if they got the wrong version downloaded, for various reasons.  However, if you have installed Windows Live Messenger 2011 through Windows Live Essentials suite, you can easily change msn messenger language settings from the control panel.

It’s always interesting toread chat logs.  So if you previously had the option enabled (under Tools > Options) you can just go back in time and read endless lines of chat on MSN Messenger.  This is how you open Windows Live Messenger conversation logs.  If the log becomes too big you can save the entire folder and back it up somewhere else. Since the files are stored in a XML format you use online XML readers as well.

Groups are yet another way of organizing your contac lists while using Windows Live Messenger 2011.  However, some users have reported that they can’t leave groups on messenger 2011.  Yeat again, cache and regitry files might have to do with this issue.