I had the same problem. Here is what to do (it took me some time to figure it out).
First step.
Remove DeluxeDisplayPictures and Winks3 under…
C:\Users\ <user name> \AppData\Local\Microsoft\Messenger\ <your email> \
I also thought that re-using winks from an old Messenger installation (WLM 2009) was an easy way to resurrect all my old winks. I didn’t know that winks from that version doesn’t work on Escargot Messenger 8.5. Anyway, by keeping these old .dt2 and .id2 files you are only messing things up, that is, when trying to install the winks again, they are only showing up under Recently used winks, and nothing under main Winks window, just like the two pictures you posted in your first post.
Next step.
In order to associate .mco files with an installer, I am using MSN Content Adder 2.1
Using the actual software is pretty useless; it is not possible to install anything (even after registering with keygen), with the exception of the winks under “Try_Winks”.
However, once this program is installed, you can conveniently just double-click on any of your own .mco files to install it/them directly.
MSN Content Adder
Last step.
Make a script (.bat) to install .mco files automatically if you, like me, have hundreds of them.
For example, I’m using a script I have made (well, I copied it from somewhere, and replaced some stuff with things relevant to winks), see .bat at the end of this post.
One thing I have noticed is that there can be errors if your wink filenames consist of strange symbols/letters or spaces, therefore I just renamed them from 001 to 700, and then the installation errors did not occur again.
My system is Windows 10 x64, Messenger 8.5 with Plus!, and everything is in English.
Save text below as /installer.bat/ and put it in the same folder as all your .mco files …
@echo off&color e && cls && Mode 100,10&title, [ WINKS INSTALLER ]
echo. Installing Winks. Please Wait!
:: UPDATES
:: Scan and Echo files from the mco folder during install…
for /f “delims=” %%a in (‘dir/b .’) do (
echo == Installing Wink == “%%a”
echo.
:: DELAY
ping -n 4 localhost 1>nul
echo.
:: INSTALL
start /wait %%a /passive /norestart
)
cls
echo ** DONE ** && ping -n 3 127.0.0.1>nul && exit