snag an AIM buddy icon

[NickSing3]

I have a question. How do you snag a buddy icon from someone else? Whenever I right click it, it gives me two choices, to print, or to do something with the URL. I can do it on AOL, but not AIM. When I click on it regularaly, it brings me to the buddy icon window. I'm stuck. Can you help me???!!??

[Flaming_Guns]

i know what you're talking about...but unfortunately i dont know how you can do that. i dont think you can.

is the person your friend? You could just ask them where they got it.

[RadicalSurfGirl]

When your friend's buddy icon is visible:

1.) Press the Print Screen Key button on your keyboard.

It's right next to the F12 key and it says "Print Scrn". This makes your computer pretty much "take a picture" of the entire screen.


2.) Once you've done that, open up the Paint program.

3.) Go up on the top menu. . .beside the word "File" there's "Edit".

4.) Now click "Edit", then click "Paste". The screenshot that you just copied and pasted onto paint should appear right now.

5.) Get the square selection tool at the left, and then use that to select your friend's buddy icon by clicking and dragging the mouse over it. Place that icon into the corner of paint, and now's the time to trim it.

6.) You trim it by pressing CTRL E. A little box should appear. In the spaces for "Width" and "Height", change them both to 48.

7.) Then "File", then "Save". Open up the MAIN AIM WINDOW and click on "People" on the top menu. Then click on "Select Buddy Icon".

8.) There's a list in the middle of the box that pops up. . .scroll all the way up until you see "My Buddy Icon" in red letters.

9.) Then click on the "Browse PC..." button, locate where you saved the buddy icon, and click "OK".



I deeply apologize if that sounded really confusing, but i explained it in the best way possible.