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Sharing Files

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Sending a File

You can send one or more files to a contact using Yahoo! Messenger, and it’s so easy. If you have a folder open, you can drag and drop files onto the conversation window or the contact’s name. You can also add files through the Send a File menu option.

Tips:

If your computer has a firewall, you may need to disable it before you can send a file through Messenger.

You can’t share files with contacts outside the Yahoo! network, such as your Windows Live™ Messenger contacts and Pingbox™ visitors.

 

Here’s How

  1. Locate the files you want to send.

  2. Drag and drop one or more files onto the conversation window, or...

    Drag and drop the files onto the conversation window.

    Drag and drop the files onto the contact’s name in your Messenger List (the contact must be online).

    Drag and drop the files onto the contact's name.

    The conversation window opens (if it isn’t already) and lets you know that you’re waiting for your contact to accept the files.

    Waiting for the contact to accept the files.

    After your contact accepts the files, you see a confirmation that the files have been sent.

    Confirmation that the files have been sent.

 

What’s Next

You can also send files using the Send a File option from the Actions menu in the Messenger or conversation window. Don’t let the label fool you; you can send multiple files, not just one.

 

Help Topics

 
 

Words to Know

  • Contact: a person with whom you interact; someone to whom you might want to send an email, instant message, or text message.
  • Drag and drop: the ability to move an object from one place to another by placing the cursor over an object, pressing the left mouse button, dragging the selected object to another location, and releasing the mouse button.
  • Firewall: a program used to protect a computer from intruders.
  • Messenger List: the main part of the Contact List in Yahoo! Messenger. The Messenger List includes the contacts with whom you communicate most often.
  • Online: signed into Yahoo! Messenger.
  • Pingbox: an embedded box on a Web page where visitors to the page can send you instant messages and which lists visitors on your Messenger List.
  • Windows Live™ Messenger: Microsoft® Windows’ free instant messaging application.