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Windows Live Messenger - discontinued

8.0 (Windows Live Messenger)

  • ­I managed installing it from the msi package. Then, i putted a gdiplus.dll in the workdir of the program, but it wouldn't run well.

Application Details:

Version: 8.0 (Windows Live Messenger)
License: Free to use
URL: http://messenger.msn.com
Votes: Marked as obsolete
Latest Rating: Garbage
Latest Wine Version Tested: 1.1.18

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What works

Installation (Except that the licence field is blanked)

What does not

The program doesn't boot (The GUI doesn't show up)

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What was not tested

Everything inside the application (as the GUI isn't displayed).

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Additional Comments

If this could work, I could do a bunch of things that GAIM, AMSN, Kopete, and others doesn't do right now: - Webcam Support (ok, only gaim doesn't) - Somes Games with regular MS-MSN user. - White board to draw online... I need this...

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Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?
RatingSubmitter
ShowUbuntu 8.10 "Intrepid" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Apr 04 20091.1.18Yes Yes GarbageJake9999 
ShowUbuntu 8.04 "Hardy" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Jun 08 20081.0-rc4Yes Yes Garbagean anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 8.04 "Hardy" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Mar 29 20080.9.58.Yes Yes Garbagean anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 7.04 "Feisty" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Oct 01 20070.9.46.Yes No Garbagean anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 7.10 "Gutsy" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Aug 03 20070.9.42.No Not installable GarbageJaime Rave Torres 

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