Are you seeing gobbledegook copyright text or excerpts of a programming language in your IM conversations in AOL Desktop? If so, these two workarounds should solve the problem.

Workaround #1

1) Manually Locate the folder:

C:\Program Files\AIM6\services\imApp\ver6_5_#_#\content\im

Note that ver6_5_#_# represents your version number of AIM. It will change each time you upgrade AIM. You must manually type in your version number or navigate to that directory.

2) Right Click Template.html (icon should be a page with an e)
3) Click Properties
3) Click Change
4) Select Notepad
5) Click OK Twice


Workaround #2

1) Start Internet Explorer
if it's IE7, hit the ALT key
2) Click on Tools
3) Click on Internet Options
4) Click on the Advanced Tab
5) Click on the Reset button
If you're running an older version then IE7, maybe click on Restore Defaults button.

Thanks,

Laura

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Laura Peterson

Product Lead, AOL Desktop