Why does my messenger disappear whenever i click on any smiley?

i can't change any settings on it, coz, it just fades away when i click on some of its features such as webcams, photo sharing and stuffs like that, somebody help me, coz, i've got no idea what to do to make my smileys work, i've already uninstalled my YM, and tried to install it again, but still, the smileys won't work, and whenever i click on my contacts' d/p, it also disappears, pls help me

Why does my messenger disappear whenever i click on any smiley?
Hi :)


the most common reason for yahoo messenger crashing on a click event (like double click or right click a name in your friends list, clicking in smileys, clicking on audibles etc), is due to a skin issue or an attempt to skin yahoo messenger... again the most common cause of this is when you are already running a program like Windows Blinds ( or the alienguise themes), XNeat or some other window / desktop enhancement program... any program that adds extra buttons, changes the colour of your windows, adds transparency or allows you to keep the window on top or change the look of the windows in anyway (not including standard XP themes)... sometimes you will get an error message, sometimes Yahoo Messenger will just automatically close.





if you have Windows Blinds and want to disable themes on Yahoo! Messenger which will resolve the conflict we have an article about how to do that at http://www.wackyb.com/index.php?ind=news...


basically it states to...


right click on yahoo icon go to properties,


then compatibility,(Tab)


then check disable visual themes.


Click Apply


Click OK





if that fails to work (it's dependant on Windows Blinds version and Yahoo Messenger version), then try...


add Yahoo Messenger to your Per Applications.


Right-click on the systray Icon of WindowBlinds %26gt; Configure WindowBlinds


(under Settings, Click on the Category) Per Application %26gt; add Per application (button at the bottom of the window)


%26gt; and then browse for your Yahoomessenger executable file. (yahoomessenger.exe)


This should prevent Windowblinds from attempting to skin Yahoo Messenger and thus eliminate the chances of a clash with this program.


under Total Exclusion


select Ignore this application and do not skin it


click OK





or do a search on http://www.wackyb.com for window blinds as it's discussed there often :)





if its not the above, next most common cause is Flash...


make sure you have download and installed flash from Internet explorer (not any other browser)


http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/...