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Installation and Help

1. If you are upgrading from a previous version, close Winamp if it is currently running
2. Download the installer (see the head of this page), which is a ZIP file
3. The installer is inside the archive. Most probably you will be able to double click the file directly from the archive viewer to run the installer
4. If not, extract the file somewhere and run it from there.
5. After the installer is done, open Winamp, go to Preferences, click General purpose list item in lower left panel, and double click Yahoo! Messenger Now Playing to configure the plugin as you like it.

FAQ

Help!! It doesn't work for me with Yahoo! Messenger 9.0!

Please

restart Winamp if you installed YM 9.0 while Winamp was running, so that the plugin will detect there's a different YM version installed.

Help!! It STILL doesn't work for me with Yahoo! Messenger 9.0!

Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 has a new, different method of changing the status programatically. Because this plugin has to be compatible with both types of status changing (8.0 or older, and 9.0), the current version of your Yahoo! Messenger is read from the Registry. Sometimes, it can happen that after you install Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 over Yahoo! Messenger 8.0, the Registry doesn't get updated, and this plugin will think yo're using YM 8.0. Using the status changing method for YM 8.0, instead of YM 9.0, will ofcourse not work correctly. Solution: first uninstall YM 8.0 completely, and only after that install the newer YM 9.0. Alternatively, you can manually change the following Registry key:
Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager
Value name: Double click the value Version to edit it
Value data: Change 8.x.y.z to 9.0.0.922 (the main idea is, to begin with the digit 9)

Dude, this doesn't work with multiple instances of Yahoo! Messenger open!

Automatic detection of more than one logged in Yahoo! ID is not possible. However you may want to try out HyperIM, which allows modifying the status for more than one instance of Yahoo! Messenger, by specifying all the desired IDs manually...

This plugin is the best! Why isn't it published on winamp.com?

Somewhere in May 2007 the winamp.com site has been restructured. Apparently their upgrade was *so well done*, that since that day no plugins can be added or updated. If, and when, their submission system will work again, this plugin will be added to their database ASAP.