From: ericuhftw on
I'm having this problem as well. I tried uninstalling/reinstalling: that
didn't work. I tried using two different live ID's, one @hotmail, one @live,
but that didn't solve anything. I'm running Vista, and I'm using Windows Live
Messenger 2009, which is the most recent one.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just some other things you can that would be helpful in narrowing where the problem is..
> - Is it limited to just this Live ID or does it happen in others (make another for testing at
> http://register.passport.net if you need to)
> - Do you have Messenger Plus Live installed? If so, you can open up a conversation window
> and type /nick Test and press the enter key to change your name to Test. Then see if you can
> get the options. I suspect it has nothing to do with the display name at all, so if you
> don't have plus installed, that's fine
>
> Finally, which Windows version are you using and which Messenger version?
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
> "mosaias" <mosaias(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:18D2AD2F-C538-403E-941F-DF5EAF60FD7F(a)microsoft.com...
> > Nothing at all. It just crashes.
> >
> > Maybe it's a plug-in that went wrong... But I already uninstalled and
> > reinstalled MSN. =/
> >
> > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> Any special about your current display name by chance? Unicode characters for instance?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jonathan Kay
> >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> >> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> >> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> >> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> >> --
> >>
> >> "mosaias" <mosaias(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:D168A7A1-341D-4C0F-ACD6-CAACF46DFBE7(a)microsoft.com...
> >> > Same thing here. Tried to reinstall, nothing works. Out of nowhere, crashing.
> >> > =/
> >> >
> >> > "Jabberwocky" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> So when I try to go into the options menu (or "Change Display Name") the new
> >> >> msn crashes on me. Every time. I've tried a bunch of stuff to no avail. Any
> >> >> ideas?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
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