WLM 2009 Skin for 8.5

Marda33 · April 29, 2019, 5:02pm

Original thread:Tema de Windows Live messenger 2009 para Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - #64 by gumi257108
This is a more accurate version of roflmao456’s (remastered by Luis_Leandro) 2009 skin.
Most of the resources have been taken from WLM 2009 or modified to look similar.
Some off looking resources have also been fixed(like the status icons’ locations).

Comparisons:
Skin and Original

Skin and Luis’s version

Download:WLM 2009 Theme for 8.5.rar (8.6 MB)

The replacement files also includes 3 msgres.dll’s; 2 with 3GS ads and one with an alternate placeholder ad(which is the default one).
The configuration for the skin and the instructions are in the root of the .rar file.

Francis_Clav · April 30, 2019, 2:23pm

How to change the ads ? I want the wlm 2009 ads but even if i paste the file in the installation repertory the ads doesnt change… someone can help me please ?

Marda33 · April 30, 2019, 2:33pm

You will need Resource Hacker(Resource Hacker)
After getting it, extract one of the msgres.dll’s and open it with Resource Hacker, Open folder 4000, and scroll down until you see resource 1472. Right click on it and select “Replace Resource…”
and replace it with the ad of your choice. Then save the file, rename it to msgres.dll.
Then navigate to C:\Program Files(x86)\Windows Live\Messenger(Close Messenger before doing this) and replace the msgres.dll there with yours.
Once you open up Messenger, your ad should be displayed.

Marda33 · April 30, 2019, 4:02pm

wlm-2009-skin-icons
Is there any way to change these icons and the chat toolbar text color?

Megadeth58 · April 30, 2019, 4:17pm

there is a better version already out
since… 2018… early 2018

Marda33 · April 30, 2019, 4:18pm

Can you link it then?

Megadeth58 · April 30, 2019, 4:20pm

Marda33 · April 30, 2019, 4:22pm

Can’t you see that I edited that skin to make it look more accurate? I even linked it as the original thread, and compared it.

Megadeth58 · April 30, 2019, 4:23pm

oh im blind, sorry.

i’ll note out a suggestion to make it possibly as accurate as it gets:

try smoothing this out, instead of being a line right in this end, make it a gradient.

Marda33 · April 30, 2019, 4:26pm

I don’t think that will work because that shadow is always there regardless of the dashboard toolbar design.
It’ll always look separated, and a gradient would make it look worse.

Marda33 · April 30, 2019, 4:39pm

Made the dashboard toolbar lighter. It blends in with the top better now. wlm-2009-skin-dashbar
The download was also updated. If you had the previous version, re-download and reinstall the skin file.

Gamerappa · April 30, 2019, 7:59pm

is it possible to have a version of this skin that changes the default display pic to the wlm 2009 beta one?

Marda33 · April 30, 2019, 8:02pm

If you have Resource Hacker, you can look into the msgres.dll from the download and replace the default display picture.
Or you can send it to me (with the resource ID from the dll) and I can make an alternate download.

Francis_Clav · April 30, 2019, 10:57pm

I simply renamed the msgsres_2012ad file by msgsres.dll and replaced the original file and it works ! Thank you (Y)

Francis_Clav · April 30, 2019, 11:25pm

Marda33 · May 1, 2019, 5:58am

Can you tell me how you got the larger display pictures? I can’t seem to enable it for some reason.

Megadeth58 · May 1, 2019, 1:33pm

i used to have the larger pfps but i forgot how to do it

Francis_Clav · May 2, 2019, 5:40pm

Dark · January 9, 2020, 2:39pm

podrías explicarme por favor como cambiar la parte de anuncio de modo que quede como a ti te quedo, disculpa es que no entendí lo que dijiste el paso que diste para que te funcionara

Dark · January 16, 2020, 9:06pm

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