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
- Send/Recieve files
- OptionsWhat does not
- Display Picturess in Conversation Window. They only work in the main Contacts Window of WLM.
Workarounds
What was not tested
Webcam, audio, games
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
It seems that Wine 1.1.22 does the trick. Installed after using winetricks to install: sh winetricks flash gecko gdiplus msls31 msxml3 riched20 riched30 tahoma sh winetricks vcrun6 vcrun2003 vcrun2005 vcrun2005sp1 vcrun2008 Use winecfg to set msnmsgr.exe to run in Windows 2000 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 |
How to install:
The combined Windows Live Installer does not work. Therefore, to install the software, do the following:
