What happened to most of my Msn contacts?

Cant see nicknames on MSN Messenger

• I use MSN Messenger on XP. I have been using it for about 300 years. Before, I used to be able to see the nicknames my contacts chose for themselves, instead of just their email address. Now I can only see their email address. How can I fix this? In order to try and fix this, I installed Messenger Plus but this doesnt fix it. The information as to the nickname does exist - eg if I hover my mouse over the email address displayed as the contact, it tells me the nickname. But I want the nickname displayed as the default. (obviously the fact that this is a before/after suggests I did something to change it but I dont know what. I think it happened when I installed one of the newer versions of MSN, but that is a guess)

• Answer:

  Hi macaonghus, "How come after I uninstalled Plus! my contacts are listed with their email addresses and not with their nicknames? You were probably using custom names for your contacts using Plus! It's easy to switch them back to their own chosen nicknames by selecting: Contacts (dropdown menu) > Manage Contacts > View Contacts By > Display name." http://www.mess.be/msnmessengerfaq/idx/15/059/Messenger_Plus/article/How_come_after_I_uninstalled_Plus_my_contacts_are_listed_with_their_email_addresses_and_not_with_their_nicknames.html Hope that works for you! jackburton-ga Google search terms: [ "msn messenger" nicknames default ]