Remove Yahoo Messenger Ads
Do you use Yahoo Messenger? if so sometimes the ads a little bit bothering..?? if not then it takes up space to display your friends and it also consume a bandwidth (especially bothering home user with dial-up). If you want to chat comfortly using YM 8 or 9 but dont want to displaying the ads and also dont want to use GAIM then use this steps:
- Copy paste below script on notepad.
- Save as .bat file (i.e. noYMads.bat)
- Run it (double-click on the file)
@ECHO OFF TITLE Remove ads from Yahoo Messenger 8-9 ATTRIB -R "%PROGRAMFILES%\Yahoo!\Messenger\Cache\urls.xml" ECHO "" >"%PROGRAMFILES%\Yahoo!\Messenger\Cache\urls.xml" ATTRIB +R "%PROGRAMFILES%\Yahoo!\Messenger\Cache\urls.xml" SET CONTENTPATH="" IF ERRORLEVEL 1 SET CONTENTPATH="*" > %TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO REGEDIT4 >>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO. >>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager\YUrl] >>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Messenger Ad"="*" >>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Webcam Upload Ad"="*" >>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Webcam Viewer Ad"="*" >>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Webcam Viewer Ad Big"="*" >>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Webcam Viewer Ad Medium"="*" >>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Change Room Banner"="*" >>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Conf Adurl"="*" >>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Chat Adurl"="*" >>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Y Content"=%CONTENTPATH% >>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager\Locale] >>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Enable Messenger Ad"="0" REGEDIT /S %TEMP%.\noYMads.reg DEL %TEMP%.\noYMads.reg
Update: 24 Dec 2008
Yahoo release new Messenger and the ads can’t be removed using the above tricks. You should patch YM in order to remove the ads.
1) Make sure you are logged in with Administrator privileges
2) Make sure that the YM_Patch.bat and YMPatch.bin files are in the same location
3) Run the YM_Patch.bat batch file
Note:
This is the preliminary version. It performs minimal error
handling, etc. It only supports versions 9.0.0.2018 and
9.0.0.2034. It does not remove ads in chat rooms and webcam.
In the near future, I will upgrade this to a more elegant
patch program that supports all versions of Messenger.
by dedndave
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Update January 18th, 2009 (directly from dedndave-self)
YM Remove Ads Patch for 9.0.0.2018/2034/2112
It provides links to download the pre-patched exe files for all 28 countries.
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December 11th, 2008 at 11:47 am
it works..
more clean, more space.
thanx.
January 2nd, 2009 at 6:47 am
hi…
disagree…
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:37 am
hey…
Not sure that this is true) but thanks…
January 10th, 2009 at 3:06 am
szia
January 18th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Patch for 9.0.0.2018/2034/2112
Below is a link to download an HTML file.
Download the HTML file and open it in your browser.
It provides links to download the pre-patched exe files for all 28 countries.
– dedndave
http://www.4shared.com/file/80921496/58c44aad/YPatch9.html
January 18th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
WOW, thanks dedndave for visiting and comment this article
February 14th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Here’s a little trick that many will enjoy. I absolutely hate the mouse-over contact information cards. Some users may like them. I find not only the pop-up feature annoying, but
it also reflects “Update” information that is sometimes incorrect. Mine says my mood changed from happy to excited to special and back to happy again. I never changed anything to give the server that impression. Perhaps it is reflected from the emoticons I may have used in a conversation. This information comes from the server in the Temporary Internet Files in a file named “vitality.html”. I also find the use of IE annoying.
If you want to disable the cards, find the folder “C:\Documents and Settings\(YourWindowsUserName)\Local Settings\Application Data\Y!Msgr\skins\Default”. In that folder, you will find a few xml files. One is named ContactCard.ContactCard.xml. Delete the file and create a folder of the same name in its’ place. After that, you may have to sign in and out of Messenger twice, but the contact info cards will be gone. Also gone is the IE download of the vitality files.
If you want to keep the contact cards, but remove the “update” info and the IE vitality files, add 2 URL values to the registry key “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\YUrl”. Under that key, create 2 new string-type values. Here is what a .REG file would look like:
;
REGEDIT4
;
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\YUrl]
“vitality banner”=”*”
“vitality proxy server”=”*”
;
A .REG file to turn them back on would look like this:
;
REGEDIT4
;
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\YUrl]
“vitality banner”=-
“vitality proxy server”=-
;
Enjoy – dedndave
;
February 14th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
once again, thanks dedndave!!
February 20th, 2009 at 7:57 am
this is the patched exe for 9.0.0.2133
rename it to YahooMessenger.exe and replace the original with it
it will remove the main window ad only
http://www.4shared.com/file/88545911/42ae2abe/YP2133.html
– dedndave
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:34 pm
I apologize for taking so long. I have been busy.
Also, they are creating releases like horny rabbits.
– dedndave
http://www.4shared.com/file/90504794/42faf66f/YP2136.html
March 25th, 2009 at 7:10 am
9.0.0.2152 patched….
http://www.4shared.com/file/94797784/fdc38fa9/YP2152.html
– dedndave
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(•.•)
(>_<)
March 25th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Dedndave, if you want, I could setup a free web hosting just for your YM Noads Patch (I thing 25MB is enough for Wordpress)
I can setup with sub-domain http://ymnoads.indoserver.web.id or http://yimnoads.am3n.net or you can choose sub-domain you like on http://freedns.afraid.org
sorry I doesn’t mean not allowing you comment on my blog — although this blog is also very quiet — but I would to give appreciation to you, a thank you for your hard work.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:02 am
No problem, am3n.
You know where to get the files.
When I get some time, I would like to make a more robust patch
program. I am swamped, lately, and have no time to play.
– dedndave