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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This article was posted in Messengers, Others, Troubleshooting, Yahoo! Messenger.

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103 Comments

Apinder

Varinder, I find just an installer which downloads the main software. So First the installer has to be downloaded. As it doesn't supports resumption of download, it isn't able to download the software fully.
VG

OK. Only for you, I downloaded the installer from here:

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/downloads/dln_ekn026079.jhtml?pq-path=4509

and installed it. I found that it downloads the required setup files in following folder:

"%programfiles%\kodak\EasyShareSetup\"

If you are using Vista, then the folder will be:

"%programdata%\kodak\EasyShareSetup\"

Just copy the whole folder and paste it at some safe place. Whenever you require to re-install this software in future, just run the "setup.exe" file in "$SETUP_1e0002_e7b080" folder (This folder name might differ from system to system).
Sheyila

Whao! this is wonderful it very work. I tried it and it work, i'm so happy. bcos i ve been tring to get the setup file to install on my system bcos i'm managing a cybercafe here in Nigeria and i got to format some of my systems because of threat.
During my searching i got it here.
Thanks guys.
VG

^^ You are welcome.
Heena

Hi...I'v just visited this site...I wud like to know whether ymsgrus have features like free PC-to-PC calls?I currently have msgr8in..n it doesnt have voice chat feature...So i have downloaded msgr9uk...so now its complete installation is taking a lot of time...I m using dialup connection for internet its too slow...so please give me a link to complete standalone installation of yahoo msgr..
VG

^^ Download US version from following link. It allows free pc to pc calls:

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

Hi I don't know how to change the msgr8us.exe to ysgr8us.exe please responed asap thank you.
VG

^^ When you click on the download link, instead of left clicking, right-click on the download link and copy the URL. Now edit the URL in notepad and add the extra "Y". Thats it. Now you can copy the new URL and paste in browser addressbar or your download manager URL bar.
sunny

need a msgr8in.exe from download.yimg.com.

we hereby request you to kindly mail us the patch file msgr8in.exe from download.yimg.com.

We hjereby request you to kindly do the needful accordingly to enable us to patch the same.

Thanks N rEgards
Sunny
gam3_link

VG, how to DL Full Standallone installer of Yahoo! Messenger Vista v1.2.1.1046 Beta? tq before.