Windows Live Messenger is one of the most popular instant messenger today. Ever since the latest Windows Live Messenger 2009 is out, there has always been problems such as the webcam not working, unable to sign in and even small annoying problems such as the Remember me and Remember my password option not working. If you have personal laptop that is only used by you, surely you would like to have the convenience of just clicking a button to automatically sign in to Messenger instead of manually typing the password every time you want to sign in.
When you enter your Windows Live ID and password, then checked both Remember Me and Remember My Password option, it will continue working but once you restart your computer and launch Windows Live Messenger, you will see that your ID and password is not saved! Thanks to Jonathan Kay, he found out that Windows Live Messenger not able to remember a user’s Live ID is caused of Yahoo! Toolbar installer which messes up your Windows user profile registry. Unfortunately uninstalling the Yahoo! Toolbar will not fix the problem.
Again thanks to Jonathan, he created a simple tool called Make Messenger Remember to solve Messenger forgetting your username and password problem. All you need to do is download, run it and click the Fix button. Make Messenger Remember will automatically restart Windows after completing its work, so be sure to close and save any data prior to beginning the process. After restart, run Windows Live Messenger and see if your Live ID and hotmail is saved. If not, simply enter again and save it. The next time you restart your computer the login information should be there.
If you get the error “The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135). Click OK to terminate the application.” when running Make Messenger Remember, that means you don’t have .NET Framework 2.0 installed on your computer. Go here to download and install .NET Framework.
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It worked fine for messenger, but now outlook express won’t work. It asks for user name and password. Performed a system restore and outlook express worked fine, but now messenger won’t remember.
thanks very much the little fix it program really worked and i had installed yahoo toolbar also i tried all that hikey stuff and it did not work your program did and it also fixed my other site which was not rembering thanks alot man for sharing instead of selling this is so very kind of you !!!! THANK YOU
el id del msn, despues de utilizar el programa queda bien, pero me borra algunas cosas, como los marcadores del mozilla, me mofifica el oultlok y la barra de inicio no me la deja volver a poner… En cuestion para que me funcione todo de nuevo bien, tuve que restaurar al dia anterior todo. saludos..
Thank you very much for the information!!!!!!!!!!
At last i can fix this hellish problem >.<
Buenos dias, Funciona de formar correcta, yo tenia ese problema en PC y la verdad fue la solución.
Gracias a Jonathan Kay, un genio..
Saludos a todos.
thank you for the fix worked first time i tried it
ray
Amazing work. This solved the problem of Windows Live Messenger forgetting my username and password. Thank you.
hay it is not working properly man i cant inestal it plzz help
thanx
Thanks, I’ve been trying to figure this out forever. Reinstalling MSN live did not work, but your little application did. Your work is appreciated.
Great this worked for me.
thanks! works like a charm ;)
you are the best of the best
Hi,
Thanks for your help work 100%
Works perfect and I have done this several times .. !
Thanks a lot, it worked perfectly well.
Sorry to say but this didnt work for me, Did what i was asked, signed in, restarted PC again and no login details…I have tried everything i can find on the net now with no solution to this problem.Oh and after running this ap not only did it not work but it also lost my login details for outlook express!.
Thanks, works perfectly. How come Microsoft couldn’t/wouldn’t supply this solution. of course they want u to buy “Vista” or “7″. Screw them.
how mush this file is safe for my pc???
Thanks so much this was doing my head in, now is perfect again!
hey thanks , it helped .. bless you
really very good and works the best and faster. “make messenger remeber” solved my problem.
Thanks
Halim
please don’t remember my ID and password
thank you both.
and yahoo really need to appologise for this and they should fix the installer asap
Thanks Raymond and Jonathan!
How can i remove tis software, i also install “make msn remember my password”, but i want to remove it, but it is not possible..
Wow!!!
This program not only fixed my Windows Live issues, but ALL log-in problems that I have had with IE with not remembering the log-in information!!! I wish MS could know about this fix, because it is a gem! Thank you!
Joe
Thanks this program really work.
I used this program but for some reason it still doesn’t work so can some please explain why?
thanks. my problem fixed
Thanks man !
i used this program and then after my lap restarted my saverscreeam desapear and appaer mydocuments page and i cant put it off please help me
use el programa y me desaparecio la barra de inicio rapido, la que esta al lado del menu inicio, no la puedo poner, voy a propiedades de la barra de tareas, la agrego a la barra de inicio rapido y cuando acepto no aparece, me puedes ayudar? desde ya muchas gracias.
I recently did a clean install on my laptop cause I couldn’t get XP Repair to fix my old drive, (something about missing key in activity activation context when I click on anything installed by XP). And after 2 weeks of copying, installing, updating, and all the other GLORIOUS crap involved in getting back to where I had my laptop, I have this stupid “Remember me” Issue again.
I tried the whole Adam’s Tweak to the Registry, and it locked out some of my programs. I couldn’t get SmartDefrag to work or Eusing Registry cleaner to work. Some message about has to be run from an admin account, but I only have the one admin account.
And I’m avoiding the whole “create another account” thing since I have some things installed that only install to the one account, and would have to deal with another 3 days of re-installing and tweaking it to where I want it. If I use the Remember me Program, will it mess up anything I haven’t reset yet? (mozilla and opera)
hi. The software “Make Remember messenger” works fine with windows XP and fix Live Messenger start sign in automatically. Thanks a lot Jonathan. :)
thanks!
hi . !this software not installing on my pc!
i have netframework 3.5 installed in my pc!
and during installation it gives incompatibilty error:(:(
with the previous installed ver of framework!
how to solve this tell me plz plz!!
Thx a LOT
merci soo Raymonde;
j’ai installé Yahoo hier;et j’avais pas fait attention a ce blém rien que aujourd’hui a midi.et maintenant soir;j’ai cherché sur google;je trouve ce lien via un forum;
c’est vrai que les pannes nous apprend tant de choses;et voila;là malgré l’embêtement du blém;je gagne une information;
merci bcp encore une fois;et bon courage
thanks a lot! the fix worked for me! its awesome! easy and quick and such a relief…raymond you are a genius!
Thank you Jonathan Kay it was really annoying
Thank’s so much
Thank you it works !!! Thanks Jonathan !!
wow !! I am impressed thankyou was getting ready to remove messenger and go to yahoo this works great well done thankyou
hi guys, my registry entry was fine, but i still faced problems in some sites.
just try and check the date of your windows system. If it is an earlier date, set it to the current date, and hopefully things will be solved.
Thanks! This tool solved my problems with Windows Live Sync and Live Mesh. Now I don’t need to enter my Windows Live ID and password each time I start my laptop.
When certain applications are installed, it sets the following registry value:
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-796845957-926492609-725345543-1003\Soft*ware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer\User Shell Folders]
AppData = %AppData%
The problem here is AppData should actually be the following
AppData = %USERPROFILE%\Application Data
So when MSN or other apps that use that registry key go to save their data it gets lost.
So the solution is simple, run regedit and go to
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-796845957-926492609-725345543-1003\Soft*ware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer\User Shell Folders]
and set the value AppData to a data value of %USERPROFILE%\Application Data
Thanks man…It was really going on my nerves! Now I can live in peace :D
Awesome, works for me, THANKS A LOT! :)
Wow. It works now! I don’t know how this little program works or who made it but it scans clean and when run fixes the forgotten usernames and passwords after reboot. Amazing. I’ve tried to fix this for quite some time using information from dozens of MS links and blogs without resolving. (And it’s free!) THANK YOU! This help was very much appreciated.
A D A M J O H N S O N
You are the king here cause you have brought the solution from Its ROOTS.
We all dont know how to thank you man ……
Raymond although i like your name but honestly your program made nothing but worse Really cause we trusted you and your .exe program and your source and we all have no idea what it contains … and look what happen , the most of us get harmed and maybe you were the one who was reply positively on your fix program not real testers.
You made us in the beginning so happy after that you returned all of us into the 7th floor down and we all revived again and all thanks and Regards to Adam Johnson.
Thanks again man ;)
Hi
Thanks for designing his great fix .
Just what the doctor ordered for my windows live .
Works great.
Many thanks, great job
i don’t know why but i have framework 4 but the small programme didn’t even open . i downloaded it again n again but same thing i can’t see the window in which it asks me to fix ….o don’t know why ????
anybody can help me !!!!!!!!!!
thks
You’ve tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect e-mail address or password, or someone else is trying to sign in to the account
thanks bro…
Wow. Great job. I have been trying to figure why msn hasn’t been saying my password and username for a few months now and it rebooted and logged me in like it used too. I am soo glad about this because I usually turn on my laptop right after I get up and it’s a pain to type your stuff in when you’re half asleep still lol. Thanks again!~
Hi, and THANKYOU……..
It has been driving me up the wallllllll…..
Tried several other so called fixes, all NBG
This worked first time and a life saver.
Regards, Rory T
Thanks
Wow. It really worked! Thank you.
Adams suggestion on the registry helped once just with the name and password problem not remembering and the auto log in. But now the dumb site remembers just won’t auto sign in. Had to change internet provider had problems with there service got new service without delay and after one week the Windows Live Messenger 2009 (14.0.8089.726) refuses to auto sign in no matter if I do an uninstall or reset registry. Sorry even tried Raymonds approach nothing seems to help at the piont getting very frustrated.
You’ve tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect e-mail address or password.
You’ve tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect e-mail address or passwordsentmemassegetomail oliver_13245@hotmail.com
I used the fix and it worked fine, no problems after.
This really worked this has been an annoying problem on my machine looked for a solution all over. Thanx alot i will definetly become a steady reader of this site.
Thank you Jonathan for the fix..It worked. This started AFTER I had uninstalled Yahoo Toolbar recently and was driving me mad. Can’t thank you enough..
Peaches xxxx
Brilliant tool, many thanks repaired msn live messenger in minutes, i had been trying for hours, again many thanks
But instead of Application Data you have to use the expression used in your language, for example in Spanish it is Datos de programa .
Thanks Raymond windows live messenger was driving me up the wall thanks to your little program all is well now
Wow….great tool!!! thanks Raymond!!!
Hi i am unable to download the fix. Whenever i click the link it is saying the link is broken or not available. Could anyone please send this file to my email ansori@hotmail.com
Thanks in advance
thanks raymond..
Oh wait Don’t worry, this thing works wonders!!! Thanks Raymond! I don’t know what I would do without I.T people. Once again THANK YOU!!!
I clicked “download make messenger remember” and it took me to this blank page and said some stuff and that this file already exists
Adam’s registry tweak worked perfectly! Before, gmail notifier and windows live messenger both could not remember username/password info. Now everything works like normal. Thank you!
hey could please tell me why face book wont remember my id and password cheers
u da man fix it works a treat where not worthy lol
Thank you so much , you have no idea how that helped me :) …again thanks genius, so can i come here every time i face a problem in my computer? :)
“Make Messenger Remember” didn’t do the trick for me but Adam Johnson’s simple registry change did. One caveat: The “796845957-926492609-725345543-1003″ part of the registry string was a different set of numbers on my computer. Thanks for the fix Adam; I’ve been frustrated about this for six months!
Thanks for this solution!!!! good job! one day I want to be like you :) haha
for windows xp ITALIAN user the correct reg edit is
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-.................-725345543-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
and set the value AppData to a data value of %USERPROFILE%\Dati applicazioni
program make disaster on Windows xp italian version!!!!!! lost taskbar and settings of programs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
omg yes it works! :D thank you!!
Hello! for me result that work ok, but a problem after. windows can’t show quick lunch. Any solution?
Wbr, Carmelo
Thanks a heap Jonathan & Raymond.
You saved me a lotta headache!
Blessed.
what can i say? THANK YOU!!!!
It was a pain in the butt for too long. Thank you for providing a “Fix”. It worked right off the bat!
Thank you very much! I had given up on even using WLM after this started happenning. Glad someone finally came up with a solution!
thanks u so much..
may GOD BLESS U..
Adam Johnson really have done it.. I wish raymond just explain how too do it then gave a program cause people did use the program then complain that things got worst.. But adam just explain where the problem was and bam it works no problems..
This has caused me a nightmare – no internet access at all. Now get this error on boot:
TCP/IP network transport is not installed
I have lost al me network connections (LAN and Wireless). All Network devices show as in error, windows cannot load drivers. Firewall will not start.
I can find nothing to resolve this problem after 24 hours of searcing and trying things – including replacing TCPIP/SYS .
In addition I am unable to restore to any previous restore point.
PLEASE Help…
Adam, you´re a GENIUS!
Many thanks for your brilhant help!
@ Siderio: Yes, it looks like there’s a serious side effect to the ‘make messenger remember’ programme, which is exactly as you describe.
It’s too late for you but I’d advise others not to use that programme, just do Adam’s registry tweak instead.
To Adam Johnson: Your registry tweak worked perfectly! Not even any need to reboot afterwards. Many thanks.
It also helped with Windows Live Mesh, which also couldn’t remember its log in details.
Just a reminder to any non techies like me tweaking their registry – back it up first! I just create a system restore point as that seems the simplest way.
well i dont know if its just my computer.. but after reboot my pc …all my “favorites” in firefox were deleted, and my “quick starts” in my taskbar dosent work… does any one knows if this has something to do with “make messenger remember”?
Well done, you did in seconds what microsoft’s helpline couldn’t do. this problem has been annoying me for months.. many thanks.
can some one show me how exactly i will register for the 90 days key ppppppppppppsssssssssssssssssss u can send it to me pls @ daddylumor@yahoo.com.God bless you
thanks a lot raymond it workked u r gr8….
cool… thanks bro :D
Adam’s registry trick worked. I’m on WinXP SP3 with Live Messenger 2009, only Yahoo Messenger (no Toolbar) and IE8. Just apply the trick, type email/password, check boxes, log in, log out, and when you reboot you’ll find it is all remembered, just like it’s supposed to :) Great work Adam!
PS: I didn’t try the MakeMessengerRemember fix.
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ako to mam dat prec z listy
yeah Adam registry tricks work gr8.
does anyone know if adam johnsons registry editing works?
Thanks for this was able to turn off my computer turn it back on and there it was all saved so so so happy
thanx man!!!
YOU DON’T NEED TO INSTALL THIS APP!!! All you need to do is change a registry setting.
After hours of messing around with RegEdit + Yahoo Messenger + Microsoft’s Virtual PC I’ve found the problem and a solution to why apps like Msn Messenger suddenly can’t remember their passwords anymore.
When Yahoo toolbar gets installed it sets the following registry value:
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-796845957-926492609-725345543-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
AppData = %AppData%
The problem here is AppData should actually be the following
AppData = %USERPROFILE%\Application Data
So when MSN or other apps that use that registry key go to save their data it gets lost.
So the solution is simple, run regedit and go to
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-796845957-926492609-725345543-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
and set the value AppData to a data value of %USERPROFILE%\Application Data
IT Erase ALL my Firefox Plugins Themes History Add ONS Etc. T_T T_T It solves the messenger problem but fucked up my firefox Don Use IT
Thanks for this fix, this had been driving me insane for months.
When execute the applicaton, it prompted error :
The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135). Click on OK to terminate the application.
Please advise.
I don’t even know why it works for you guys.
When I download it I was pretty happy that it’s gonna work but I knew it wasn’t gonna work.. So I place something on my computer and I don’t even know where the registry was change.
It fixed my MSN problem (won’t remember my user and password) but I did remove Yahoo toolbar (uninstalled) I never use it anyway. Cam problem was (disabled problem) fixed by ticking “allows others to see my webcam” no other way so far. No problems with quick launch for me. So basically I completely uninstalled (remove) Yahoo toolbar from my machine, then my browsers, use the fix program. Now it works fine. Thanks Ray…… as this MSN thing is driving me nuts, not anymore he..he..he.
“Danielz
July 24th, 2009 at 6:18 am 27
Warning !
I used MakeMessengerRemember.exe, solved problem of wlm, but that Fix disabled Quick Launch.”
This happened to me also
The same thing happened to me! Please, help me.
When i ran the fix, it said that not all fixes could not be implemented, but the problem may be solved. After the computer restarted, the problem still continued. Anybody know why it wont work for me?
thx for the fix tool. You saved my day..>
Thanks Raymond for solve problem, tool worked well, i made backup of pass and bookmarks from firefox, all was deleted.
Thanks Raymond, but this program delete my personal configuration of my Firefox at restart the system… please check out that problem.
See ya
Another problem with MakeMessengerRemember.exe
Removes passwords of Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook. Simply, writing them again and the problem is solved.
Thanks
Thank You for this excellent tool no more messening about now evry time i start up my PC or Reboot it.
Warning !
I used MakeMessengerRemember.exe, solved problem of wlm, but that Fix disabled Quick Launch.
it worked. i spent weeks reading about this problem but no answer. and then i found your site. thank you so much.
gracias de verdad muchas gracias no sabes el dolor de cabeza y la irritación que me has quitado muchas gracias
Don’t Work for me
i am using Win XP SP3
how can i solve?
this tools cannot help me solved >”<
Holy Hell it worked!!! Ive been ripping my hair out over this for months. I cant possibly thank you enough.
Oops. One minor bug with the ‘Mkae Messenger Remember” fix. If you are still using Outlook Express as an email client, you may have to re-enter some or all of your email account passwords (if so, OE will prompt for password when you check your mail). I had to re-enter 12 passwords out of 14 (OE remembered 2 of the 14). I rebooted and the OE retained the passwords. Don’t know if this will affect Windows Live Mail or MS Outlook. Thank again, Bob Spiteri, webmaster@theGROOVEshack.com
Make Messenger Remember works! AND it fixes more than WLM not remembering USERID & Passwords. It also fixed the problem I was having with Frontpage and some Internet Websites (accessed with windows ecploerer) such as spamcop.net not remembering the USERID & PW. Thank you for posting the fix and thank you to the authors of the fox. Kudos to you and shame on you Microsoft for not fixing these bugs long ago.
Bob Spiteri, webmaster@theGROOVEshack.com
Thank You Soooo Much!
I did try to create another new admin profile and apparently my WLM could remember me if I logged in with the new profile after reboots [it works :D], with this I was able to make the messenger remember me, but is a pain create another profile T_T but it was the only option I have I don’t wanted use so far, bye
Don’t work for me, I restart my PC and still not fix the problem and I cant Login in my account after apply this program :( [Win XP Pro SP3, WLM 2009 14.0.8064.206]
Well I don’t know why it worked for you and everyone else john…
Well, it worked for me, now i’m just curious what does this program changes.
So what was the problem to begin with ? Something wrong in the registry. I would like to know what were the keys or if you re-registered some dlls.Thanks.
I would like to add I was really pumped for this to work.. So when I clicked on the program first I place info on my msn messenger live then let the program restart it. So I went back on msn messenger live the details weren’t there so I did it again and restart after the restart I had to retype the details again.. So ya it didn’t work.. Like I mention about my other post whats in the program cause it’s not working.
thanks again raymond.
you are the best.
For this one my friend, I really need to salute you. I have this issue since like freaking 5 months ago. I have contacted MSN teams towards this issue and they still haven’t found the fixed yet. Feeling so desperate and hopeless, I just followed the nearest fix: to change administrator profile, and yes it surely works until now but I essentially need to copy and redo everything. It was real pain to start everything again.
If only you had posted this last time, I might be the most happiest person in the world. However, I still appreciate and I feel relief that this issue finally has the fix. In the future, other users will not need to undergo the pain I have endured.
Thanks Raymond.
Reference:
raymond.cc/forum/general-forum/11770-windows-live-messenger-cannot-remember-me.html
yay i have been meaning to ask you about this finally i hated to type my ID and Pass again and again.
yay thank you
Once again you have the answers I need. I tell all my friends you are my compguru. thank you so much. I was getting so irritated I was thinking of switching to Yahoo. probably the result they wanted.
Thanks again.
Thanks Raymond!
Just another example of why we voted you best site, Raymond ! You are always there with timely and effective measures to combat the headaches of IT today. Thank you ! I don’t have this problem as I followed your earlier advice and ‘conned’ my earlier version of LM into believing it was a later version – so for the moment I am happy running the less buggy earlier Messenger.
oomar, please refer to the 2 links below.
raymond.cc/blog/archives/2009/02/12/enable-show-my-webcam-on-windows-live-messenger-2009-workaround/
raymond.cc/blog/archives/2009/02/13/windows-live-messenger-2009-web-camera-in-use-0x8ac70202-error-caused-by-siteadvisor/
Thank you Raymond
very nice tool
thanks raymond.
by the way, how to fix the webcam problem ?
can anyone assist me on to remove blue screen created by systemshield antivirus,it appears to have my hard drive,because when i slave it with another computer it cant detect it.please its agent.
and thankx to you Mr. Ray
nice tool
another great trick for da master
oh wow thank you Raymond just what i was looking for keep up the good work