Application Details:
Version: | 8.5 (Windows Live Messenger) |
License: | Free to use |
URL: | http://messenger.msn.com |
Votes: | 12 |
Latest Rating: | Bronze |
Latest Wine Version Tested: | 3.8-staging |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
- Log in/out
- Conversation
- Multichat
- Emoticons
- Nudges
- Send/Recieve files
- Options
What does not
- Personal images
- Special characters
- It is Slow
Workarounds
What was not tested
- Webcam
- Games
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
Using winetricks, I installed: flash gecko gdiplus msls31 msxml3 riched20 riched30 tahoma I also installed the visual c++ libraries: vcrun6 vcrun2003 vcrun2005 vcrun2005sp1 vcrun2008. I don't which are needed, but I installed everything just to be sure. You have to download a standalone ".msi" installer. Then, using winecfg, I configured msnmsgr.exe for running in Win2000 mode.
Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
Show | Fedora 27 x86_64 | May 31 2018 | 3.8-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bronze | knuxfanwin8 | |
Show | Debian GNU/Linux 6.x "Squeeze" | May 18 2012 | 1.4 | Yes | Yes | Bronze | an anonymous user | ||
Show | Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Jul 13 2010 | 1.2-rc7 | Yes | Yes | Garbage | an anonymous user | ||
Show | Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | May 30 2010 | 1.2-rc2 | Yes | Yes | Garbage | an anonymous user | ||
Show | Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | May 29 2010 | 1.1.42 | Yes | Yes | Silver | an anonymous user |
Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
18889 | Multiple isolation-aware applications fail to load (MSN Messenger Live 2009, Lync 2010, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, Quicken 201X)(embedded PE manifest search should support ISOLATIONAWARE_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID) | STAGED | View | |
29902 | Windows Live Messenger 8.5 does login, error 81000378 | NEW | View | |
29942 | Windows Live Messenger 8.5, lock in chat windows | NEW | View |
How to install:
The combined Windows Live Installer does not work. Therefore, to install the software, do the following: