Disable and Remove Yahoo! Messenger 9 Ads
Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 in beta version is available for free public download to install and use. As with any previous versions of Yahoo Messenger, there are various ads blocks display advertisements in messenger or message and chat windows. The banner ad and text ad units can be disabled or turned off by using a simple registry hack similar to trick used to remove ads on Yahoo Messenger 8 and version 7.
To remove and disable ads display on Yahoo Messenger 9, follow the trick below:
- Run Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
- Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\pager\Locale
- In the right pane, locate a value named Enable Messenger Ad with default value as 1. Set the value to 0.
- Restart Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.
The ads will be disappeared from Yahoo Messenger after restarting.
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March 24th, 2009 05:47
new version…9.0.0.2152
March 21st, 2009 00:20
@ Evans
see post #95
– dedndave
March 20th, 2009 18:19
Any 2136 patch? Thanks
March 16th, 2009 05:14
dude,you;re great THX!!!
March 12th, 2009 02:29
Thank You. The ads were driving me crazy!
March 3rd, 2009 22:22
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
February 28th, 2009 11:01
this does not work with ver 2136…
February 26th, 2009 09:43
dedndave please patch the latest version of YM
YM 9.0.0.2136
February 26th, 2009 00:39
works great… thanks guys
February 24th, 2009 08:31
yahoo 9.0.0.2136 german has been published
so if there’s a chance to patch this one.. would be great
thx in advance
February 22nd, 2009 08:57
yes – the HOSTS file can disable the ads, but you lose a couple other features – if i remember correctly, you lose chat and the plug-ins selector
by patching a single byte in the exe file, you disable the ads without losing any functionality
– dedndave
February 22nd, 2009 07:54
A better/easier way to disable yahoo ads is to add the line:
127.0.0.1 insider.msg.yahoo.com
into file
c:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts [2000/xp/vista (also i think windows 7)]
can be added from start->run->echo ‘127.0.0.1 insider.msg.yahoo.com’ >> ‘c:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts’
Your yahoo insider will be unavailable also.
No additional patch is required.
February 20th, 2009 23:42
@DaveSalemer
please be specific – what doesn’t work ?
what did you try ? – what version ?
give us details and we will help you out
@raghu
Hiya Raghu – yah – brand new – lol
– dedndave
February 20th, 2009 11:01
I don’t think YM2133 is released.Checking for updates still says that YM2128 is the latest one.
February 20th, 2009 08:47
ver 2133 patched…
http://www.4shared.com/file/88545911/42ae2abe/YP2133.html
– dedndave
February 18th, 2009 22:14
doesnt work
February 10th, 2009 04:22
The correct folder is:
C:\Documents and Settings\(WindowsUserName)\Local Settings\Application Data\Y!Msgr\skins\Default
I had pasted it into the blog with less than and greater than symbols rather than parens. – The blog doesn’t like that, thinking it is an HTML tag.
February 10th, 2009 04:19
Ooops – my mistake – both tricks are per-user (dunno what I was thinking – lol)
– dedndave
February 10th, 2009 02:23
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\\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”=-
Notice that the trick to remove the cards is on a per-user basis, while disabling the vitality “updates” is on a per-computer basis.
Enjoy – dedndave
Tim and Dermot – you guys may want to add this to your patch programs.
February 9th, 2009 23:01
Sorry Kevin,
Yes – you must replace the existing YahooMessenger.exe file with the patched one.
Follow these steps:
1) locate the folder that contains the yahoo messenger program (normally, C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger)
2) rename the YahooMessenger.exe file to something else, like YahooMessenger.bak or YM_orig.exe
3) copy the patched exe for your version (such as 2128.exe) in that folder
4) rename the patched exe to YahooMessenger.exe
after that, the ads on the main messenger window will be gone
– dedndave
February 9th, 2009 12:50
Hi – I received error “YImage.dll was not found”. I just downloaded and double-clicked 2128.exe; If this is not the correct method, please advise of the correct one. Thank you.
February 8th, 2009 23:21
9.0.0.2128 patch…
http://www.4shared.com/file/85069680/ee3bfaf7/2128.html
– dedndave
February 7th, 2009 13:29
@YM
The messenger version changes to 2124 from 2128 if the patch for 2124 is applied to 2128.I noticed this now only.
February 7th, 2009 08:10
dang – lol
they are releasing them faster than i can write
i had some computer problems – fixed
i will work on 2128 tomorrow
(and 2131 next week – lol)
– dedndave
February 7th, 2009 06:23
Thnx Raghu, i extracted and run it but an error pop-up that says: this application has failed to start because YImage.dll was not found?