Hi guys!

So lemme tell u how I found this trick?

Recently I started using WLM and I used to hv my own customized status messages in both yahoo! messenger as well as WLM.
But I found an annoying thing in Yahoo! messenger. That it always forgets our own customized messages at every startup and set "Available" as default. But WLM always remembers our customized status messages.

So as always my little naughty mind started thinking about my favorite Resource Hacker and I opened it and started R&D with Yahoo! messenger's "Program Files" folder files. After a few minutes R&D, I found the desired strings in "res_msgr.dll" file.

So here is the complete tutorial to change the default status messages in Y! messenger to our own customized text:

1. Open "%programfiles%\Yahoo!\Messenger\res_msgr.dll" file in Resource Hacker.
2. Goto:

Menu -> 376 -> 2057

and in right-side pane, u can replace the existing status messages with ur own desired strings. But remember it'll only change the menu text, which is displayed when we click on:

Messenger -> My Status

3. Now the final thing, to change the original status messages, goto:

String Table -> 695 -> 2057
String Table -> 696 -> 2057

and in right-side pane, change the status messages with ur desired text.

Thats it guys. There r lots of other interesting things in this file, which can also be hacked to change the menu/dialog appearance of Y! Messenger.

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