How to Download Full Standalone Installer of Yahoo! Messenger?

If you use Yahoo! Messenger, you must be aware of its online installer. Whenever you download Yahoo! Messenger setup from Yahoo! official website, it downloads a small setup file on your computer which requires Internet connection while installation to download the required setup files.

Its fine if you are planning to use it on a single pc but what if you need to install it more than one pc? What if you want to save the installer for future use? You'll always need a working Internet connection to complete the installation whenever you'll run the setup.

Its quite annoying. But don't worry, you have come to the right place. Here I'll tell you how can you download the complete offline installer of Yahoo! Messenger from Yahoo! official website so that you'll not need Internet connection at installation time and you'll be able to run the setup at any other pc without any problem.

So here is the step-by-step procedure to download the full Yahoo! Messenger standalone installer:

1. Open Yahoo! official site to download the latest Yahoo! Messenger version:

Latest Version of Yahoo! Messenger

Latest Beta Version of Yahoo! Messenger

2. Click on Download Now button.

3. The file which is downloaded contains URL like following:

http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yahoo.com/dl/msgr8/us/msgr8us.exe

Look carefully at file name. Its msgr8us.exe. What you need to do is change the URL to as following:

http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yahoo.com/dl/msgr8/us/ymsgr8us.exe

Did you notice any change? You need to append a "y" before the file name. So change msgr8us.exe to ymsgr8us.exe and then download the file again. Now you'll be surprised to see that it'll download the full installer instead of the small online installer.

4. So the trick is to change the file name in URL and add "y" before the file name. Thats it.

5. It'll work for any version of Yahoo! Messenger.

BONUS TIP

Here is another method to save the full installer of Yahoo! Messenger for future use. When you run the small online installer and it downloads the required files from Internet, it actually downloads the full setup on your computer. So you can save that full installer at a safe place for future use.

Whene you run the installer, leave it running and type following in RUN or startmenu search box and press Enter:

%programfiles%\Yahoo!\Installs

It'll open a folder where you'll see a temporary file. Now come back to the installation wizard and wait until it completes the download and shows "Installing Yahoo! Messenger". Now you have to do some quick work. Go to the opened folder and now you'll see a complete EXE file with the name ymsgr8us.exe ( The number 8 in file name shows version no of Yahoo! Messenger). Just copy the file to some other safe place and you have done.

Now you can use the file at any system to install Yahoo! Messenger. I asked you to quickly copy the file because the setup wizard deletes this file just after the installation, so that you can not save the file. Clever Yahoo! huh?

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105 Comments

VG

^^ Did you download Indian version? Try to install US version, I think Indian version doesnt come with pc to pc call feature.
Salim Fadhley

I'm not sure this trick works for all versions - It would not give me the UK version.

Why on earth are Yahoo so keen to hide this? It makes no sense!
Binh

That's beautiful tip. Thanks. I just used this method to download Yahoo 9.0 US because I need to format my harddisk and I hate install everytime from Internet.
jayvee

how can i download yahoo messenger in my n99i (china) for free
tracey williams

i want to down load the..US version of yahoo messenger 9 how do i do it, iv got UK messenger 9 but need the US one for the chatrooms...
VG

^^ Did you try following link:

http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yahoo.com/dl/msgr9/us/ymsgr9us.exe
sana

thanks a lot! i was trying this from 2 days..n thnks 2 u i got ths!
messenger 2009 live

When you run the small online installer and it downloads the required files from Internet, it actually downloads the full setup on your computer. So you can save that full installer at a safe place for future use.
VG

^^ Yes. It downloads in "Temp" folder. But you need to be very fast. Copy the setup file as soon as the installer reaches 100% because it automatically deletes the setup file after installation.
aseef

hey thx a lot .....