Can someone make animated gif's for me
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Can someone make animated gif's for me
Ok so I have these cute MSN smilies that I want to make into animated gif files but I can't cause I don't have a program for that. I'm wondering if someone would be nice enough to help me out here. Whoever wishes to help is gonna have to chat with me on MSN so I can show them the cute animated smilies.
Thanks
Oh, and if this is in the wrong forum please change it
Thanks
Oh, and if this is in the wrong forum please change it
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Theres a bunch of .dat files under custom emoticons that give me
AKA a bunch of meaningless babble.
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I suppose you could just take a screenshot when it's one frame, then take a screenshot next frame, then crop the smilie out and stick it together in Adobe Imageready...Ace Pace wrote:Its an animated MSN smiley, which is saved in an unknown location and format(searching for .gif dosn't work) so theres a problem.
If you're looking for a lazier way, I know there are programs out there that can extract images from .exes. You might be able to find something similar with a bit of searching.
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Try renaming as *.gif and opening in Irfanview.
Whell whaddayaknow
Renaming a random one to *.gif worked. It opens with the normal image browser.
Ms Kendall, try copying some of those dat files and renalming them to *.gif's. You should be able to open them.
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HOLY CRAP IT WORKS.
Except it only works on YOUR emoticons.
Okey, Mrs Kendal,try this, go into C:, Documents and Settings, [your user name here], Application Data(you need to make hidden folders visable for this) Microsoft, Messenger, there you have 2 folders, try them both, custom emoticons, copy paste into another folder, rename into .gif(you must have file extension visable for this), then voila!
Except it only works on YOUR emoticons.
Okey, Mrs Kendal,try this, go into C:, Documents and Settings, [your user name here], Application Data(you need to make hidden folders visable for this) Microsoft, Messenger, there you have 2 folders, try them both, custom emoticons, copy paste into another folder, rename into .gif(you must have file extension visable for this), then voila!
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You people needlessly complicate things. Why not just go here?
http://messenger.msn.com/Resource/Emoticons.aspx
http://messenger.msn.com/Resource/Emoticons.aspx
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Um not possible. I am totally computer illiterate when it comes to folders and searching for crap I'll get the hubby to look at it for me though, thanks guysAce Pace wrote:HOLY CRAP IT WORKS.
Except it only works on YOUR emoticons.
Okey, Mrs Kendal,try this, go into C:, Documents and Settings, [your user name here], Application Data(you need to make hidden folders visable for this) Microsoft, Messenger, there you have 2 folders, try them both, custom emoticons, copy paste into another folder, rename into .gif(you must have file extension visable for this), then voila!
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Because those are not the emoticons I want Rye They are custom ones, not just the regular old ones anyone gets with messengerRye wrote:You people needlessly complicate things. Why not just go here?
http://messenger.msn.com/Resource/Emoticons.aspx
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Open up Windows Explorer. Under Tools->Folder options->View, set "show hidden files and folders".Looks like Cpl Kendall doesn't understand what you mean either. That's not a good sign cause he knows computers Laughing Oh well, It's not that important anyway.
The go to
C:
Documents and settings
[your user name]
Application Data
Microsoft
MSN Messenger
(for example, C:/documents and settings/Bounty/Application Data/Microsoft/MSN Messenger)
You'll see several folders with random numbers in the name. Each one of the them has a "custom emoticons" folder. There's lots of files in there ending in *.dat. Just change that to *.gif and see if your emoticon is among them
No, they are the normal ones. Do you want the old ones from previous versions?Mrs Kendall wrote:Because those are not the emoticons I want Rye They are custom ones, not just the regular old ones anyone gets with messengerRye wrote:You people needlessly complicate things. Why not just go here?
http://messenger.msn.com/Resource/Emoticons.aspx
Edit: Accursed English language! I read it as the ones I posted were the custom ones and you wanted the regular old ones.
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This doesn't help me one bit because our computer is screwed up from all the times it had to be repaired (stupid compaq laptop) so all our hard drives are named differently. I'm so computer illiterate I have no idea how to find the right one to look in.Bounty wrote:Open up Windows Explorer. Under Tools->Folder options->View, set "show hidden files and folders".Looks like Cpl Kendall doesn't understand what you mean either. That's not a good sign cause he knows computers Laughing Oh well, It's not that important anyway.
The go to
C:
Documents and settings
[your user name]
Application Data
Microsoft
MSN Messenger
(for example, C:/documents and settings/Bounty/Application Data/Microsoft/MSN Messenger)
You'll see several folders with random numbers in the name. Each one of the them has a "custom emoticons" folder. There's lots of files in there ending in *.dat. Just change that to *.gif and see if your emoticon is among them
C: is the default storage drive. It's one of those that you can save things in, as opposed to a CD, Floppy Disk, or DVD Drive.Mrs Kendall wrote: This doesn't help me one bit because our computer is screwed up from all the times it had to be repaired (stupid compaq laptop) so all our hard drives are named differently. I'm so computer illiterate I have no idea how to find the right one to look in.
There's probably only one or two on your computer (Maybe three at most), and there'll clearly be a folder called "Documents and Settings" near the top.
Assuming they're in Alphabetical Order, otherwise it'll be in a near-random spot). Then just follow what Bounty said.
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Ok so I'm trying this and I get as far as the user data step but then I get a box that comes up warning me of this...
"You are attempting to open a file of type DAT file (.dat)
These files are used by the operating system and by various programs. Eiting or modifying them could damage your system
If you still want to open the file, click "open with", otherwise, click "cancel""
This is the only folder that has anything in it because when I open the other files in the box they are empty.
I don't want to screw up my computer so I'm asking for furthur help.
Sorry for being such a dunce when it comes to computers
"You are attempting to open a file of type DAT file (.dat)
These files are used by the operating system and by various programs. Eiting or modifying them could damage your system
If you still want to open the file, click "open with", otherwise, click "cancel""
This is the only folder that has anything in it because when I open the other files in the box they are empty.
I don't want to screw up my computer so I'm asking for furthur help.
Sorry for being such a dunce when it comes to computers
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Just to make sure you're in the right place -Ok so I'm trying this and I get as far as the user data step but then I get a box that comes up warning me of this...
The MSN folder should look like this . If you open any of the folders with the weird letter names, you should find a "custom emoticons" folder that has this.
Now simply right-click one of the dat files, pick "copy", right-click in the folder, pick "paste", right-click on your newly pasted file and rename it from, for example, "TFR1A.DAT" to "TFR1A.GIF"
Rinse and repeat until you find your emoticon.
I've seen much, much, much worse.Sorry for being such a dunce when it comes to computers
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