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

VG

^^ Sorry but there is no known way to do the same for this new messenger for Vista.
gam3_link

but VG, do u have stand alone installer for Yahoo! Messenger Vista v1.2.1.1046 Beta? if u have .. can u upload it here?
VG

No. I don;t have Yahoo! Messenger installed atm.
MORTEZA

SALAM
Jalal

Hey that will not work with yahoo messenger latest version. Let me tell u a method which works for any type of file that is temporarily stored in your pc and u can use it permanently. What u do is first let the file cache in ur pc upto 100 %. now before u start installing it goto C:\Documents and Settings\currentusername\Local Settings\Temp\
this is the place where every temporary file is cached for viewing or installing and later it vanishes. Now what u have to do is use the backup utility of windows to backup this folder and then after the backup is over just use the backup utility again to restore the folder in original place or any other place. Now u can simply copy the desired file from that restored folder to a safe place.
any more questions mail me at sohoraf@ymail.com
Regards
Jalal uddin Talukdar
VG

^^ Yahoo! Messenger setup doesnt stop or pause after downloading the file. It immediately start installing the application and also "Temp" folder doesnt have the Yahoo! messenger setup.
Breeze

I found it easy to just copy the URL from the mentioned http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yahoo.com/dl/msgr8/us/ymsgr8us.exe
shown on this page and paste it into your browser and it will run the save file.

Thanks for saveing me so much head ache with this this stand alone save!
Regards,
Breeze
Tarek

Thank you very much , this is a great and important information specially for someone had to use a dial up connection , keep up the good work
brian25

Hello vishal, i try your trick, but the problem is when i open it i sign in and as soon as i hit sign in the messenger disappears and closes out, any idea on whats wrong there , also to download version 8.1 whats the link. i really really need this thing to work its important to me at the moment, thnaks alot
Kalpesh INDIA

Great !!!!!!!!!
Trememdus twick.
But dear please find it for Vista OS(I am saying about second copy the file link). It works in XP and other but not in VISTA.
Please find the location where setup is downloads in Visata.
Pls pls pls.