Within Windows

hexahax’d it out. :) Much better.

Thanks Raf.

Personally, I’ve never had any issues with this new photo sharing feature. I find it much better than the older one. Because
1. Both participants can share photos at the same time and discuss about them.
2. It starts loading without the need to accept the transfer.
3. You don’t have to save the image just to see it.

Couldn’t agree more! The feature is very unreliable and blind (doesn’t give any hint of what’s happening to the receipient and the sender!) I tried changing the extension of a JPG to PJG but still the horrible behavior persists. So I had to ZIP it up and then tried to send but then again I can’t send ZIPs because they’re “potentially dangerous” so I had to rename it to PIZ. All for a tiny image. Next time, I’ll upload it to rapidshare. No next time I’ll use your method. You’re a genius, dude! Keep doing the corrections to Microsoft-ware. Similarly, can you hack-enable another irritation in Messenger 2009? You can’t adjust your audio/video/webcam settings while you’re in a call and you cannot initiate your contact’s webcam.

I personally like it to annoy the guy I am chatting with xD In other words: good “fix”!

@Rafael: I just tried copying a PNG file with the Messenger Plus! Live override enabled, and Photo Sharing made an unpleasant appearance. It looks like the MP!L fix is only for JPG files. I’ve now taken advantage of your method, thanks a lot.

Thanks for the great tip.

It’s great to know that it’s not just me that gets annoyed by this abysmal ‘feature’. I really don’t understand how any of the messenger guys thought this was a good idea.

Messenger/Microsoft guys PLEASE let there be an option to turn this thing off… It’s completely stopped me from sending images over messenger.

Tim

@Fred, are you sure your editing the right file? “msnmsgr.exe”, in \Windows Live\Messenger\.
The offset 16392F is around 40-45% down in the file.

@Rob, yes it’s the right file but i’m running a french version of live messenger . maybe it’s a reason????
i jump of offset 163917 to offset 16394A.

@Fred, check the image linked to below, it shows you what you should change, and what to.

http://images.milestone-1.co.uk/d7e7282ff933a08d83e26c45f885818f.jpg

You sir, are my savior.

I hate that “feature” SO much. That and the nonstandard window captions (but I fixed that one already ;-) and forced usage of ClearType.

@Cuppa (and Rafael): The feature in Messenger Plus! to override PhotoSharing works in a completely different way. The type of image (JPG or PNG or whatever) does not matter; it works with any type of image data! The difference is that Messenger Plus!, at least for now, will only override PhotoSharing if you _paste_ image data into the chat window, eg: from a screenshot in memory. In other words: it detects what is on the _clipboard_. It does not override PhotoSharing if you drop a file from your harddisk into the conversation, it only works when you _paste_ image data.

In regards to copy/pasting image data: this is/was actually a not well known feature in Windows Live Messenger since a very very long time; you could make a screenshot for example and paste it directly into a conversation by using CTRL+V. Messenger would automatically make a JPG file out of it and automatically send it. Most people however use a third party graphic editor to make the screenshot, save it to a file and then send that file; but that is really not needed.

;-)

Thanks Rob Jackson for the picture I was kinda lost in those numbers lol

Edit: CRC Problem

Awesome, glad to have that out of my msn.

Thanks!

Thanks a lot – really helpful tip (and thanks for the heads up on xvi32 as well)

Not bad at all! Only works if both users have patched their .exe…

Suggestion: when this version talks to an older version, it reverts to the old way of sending images… There must be another switch in there somewhere. I wish I was smart enough to do it.

Nice work!

It’s WORKING.. This is so nice, been looking for something like this for long. Photosharing is the worst thing they ever implemented.

Make sure the location is correct. Make sure the version is correct. Failing that, redownload and reinstall MSN messenger and try again. Or backup next time. Someone’s comment had a useful screenshot that helped, I suggest you check it out.

Oh, and I did make a backup of course, I’m not that stupid :P

my version of messenger doesn’t show such numbers ??

here is a link to what i see…

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm262/chris_e100/screeny004.jpg

help ? :(

uh.. i cant’ seem to locate 16392F…

is there a way to “Find” this offset ?

Sorry to bother..

Great solution,
You were the first to have found how to disable this feature.

THanks

I have lost drag and drop also… i have to copy the file and then paste it into the convo :(

If someone has trouble finding 16392F, find 16391F and change the value from 74 to EB. I just tried and it worked.
Thank you.

Hello,

When I try to run the patch I’ve got a CRC Error… I’m using WLM v. 14.0.8064.206 is it compatible ?

Thanks

You posted this back in april and I didn’t even know and ive been wanting to do this lol I fail

Error Writing
msnmsgr.exe
Error 32: File sharing violation.

forgot to write violation :)

Thanks a lot men! I truely HATE the new function! This helped a lot.

@lost4ever: You forgot to close msn before trying to edit the executable ;)

Thank dude. it works nice now.

Hello, i have the same issue as some people up there.

Simply can not locate none of the 2 mentioned offsets which i could change for msn, any idea how can i help this?

Woah, thanks, this made my day :D

somebody knows how to disable when someone send you a picture, because, this works if we (people who make the fix) send the picture, but when we are who recive it, the SharePhoto gets open again… if someone know how please…

I actually got too tired of this feature so I made a MSN bot that would automatically accept all files and upload them to internets via ftp. It was a pretty solution :D

@killua the sender must fix his messenger client too to disable it both ways. :)

The fix mentioned here is incompatible with the new build (14.0.8089.726), but the A-patch works great! :)

Thanks!! :D

I have just done this, what david has done
but in the german version the adress is 164108.

thanks for you :)

WORKS!!! PERFECT !!

i used this picture http://images.milestone-1.co.uk/d7e7282ff933a08d83e26c45f885818f.jpg

thanks!

Kudos!

A-Patch has patched the photosharing, so you can select to disable it :D

guys i’m italian and i’m sorry for my bad english…

pls can u post the complete procedure to make this patch working on 14.0.8089.726? pls post it in simple and not technical language so that everybody can solve this problem!

many thanks guy!!!

hoping for a quick reply!

i have a question. there is a form to desactivate the foto-sharing when i recive a photo ??? like if i have the old vesion, cheating the others Messengers?

Have you analyzed the origin of this behaviour in the new version 14.0.8089.726 and found a byte to patch it?
It would be really appreciated.

@Marcell (November 17, 2009 at 10:04 pm)

I found your description working independently from language, I’ll try that one with my English version.

u guys are fucking stupid… just fucking drag the file onto the contact’s name in the messenger’s contact list. this will override the ‘photo-sharing’.

u guys are so fucking retarded….. especially the one who came with up the idea of changing offsets, extensions, renaming etc..

-gingyan

to “Private Spearz”….

ah.,. NO. the original poster does NOT deserve a Nobel prize for this. you telling someone who invented the “Pull-out method” to prevent getting pregnant deserves a nobel prize, vs. the inventor of birth pills. See the difference?

god.. you americans needs to think outside the box for a moment or two..

Thank you very much! Finallyyyyy disabled it!

works!!!

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s237/darkprop/hex164118.gif

thanks! David

for the lazy people:

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5285353

Hello,

Reading through all these posts there are SEVERAL people who have asked for a dumbed down, non-technical explanation of how to do this. I am one of them. I don’t understand how to use a hex editor either or what all this technical jargon is about in finding the right file or whatever once you open wlm in the hex editor. I don’t know what an “offset” is, I don’t know what an “unconditional jump byte” or “conditional jump byte” are, and with all this talk of problems because of the different versions of messenger how am I to know that what I am supposed to change is the right thing to change for my version of messenger? This all very complicated, but it is something I really would like to apply to messenger. I hate the drag and drop file sharing and want to restore the old feature of drag and drop file TRANSFER.

PLEASE it would be very much appreciated if the ORIGINAL poster of this solution would post SIMPLE, non-technical and easy-to-follow instructions on how to apply this solution.

With respect, I hope this will finally be addressed soon, as mentioned above, it seems I am not the only one waiting for easy instructions to follow.

For those who doesn´t know how to edit the Executable you can follow these steps

It isn´t that complicated to begin with… by editing the executable with the hex editor that the author published
You have to check your build version of msn by going into Help -> About Windows Live Messenger.
If it is the same as the author (14.0.8064.206) or is it (14.0.8089.726) you can proceed without problem
Then you download XVi32 and execute it, open the file msnmsgr.exe located by default at “C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger”

You´ll see 3 boxes, the one in the left and the center is the one to watch out for…
From now on, if your version of msn is (14.0.8089.726) you have to look for the value of 16392F
1FF2AF (or 1FF2A9) and locate 74 in one of the columns, select it go to menu -> Edit String, select Hex String and type in EB, then click ok like this…

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1676/donelr.jpg

Once done save it and enjoy

If your version of Msn is older like (14.0.8064.206) then you´ll find the correct offset at 16392F then changing 74 for EB

Hello ,

I thanks for share a information with us. I would like to introduce a photo sharing website http://www.photodekho.com . Its really fantastic easy to use with huge set of features.

Thank you, but that seems not work when you paste an screenshot.
If you find a solution for that tell us.