Why can't I change it?
Yahoo! introduced a new profile system late last year, unfortunately this appears to have been changed without any thought to Yahoo! Chat. Yahoo! Chat information, such as your Nickname, Age, Gender and Location is still pulled through from the old profile, not the new profile, but Yahoo! have removed the option of editing your old profile!
How to change the Nickname?
Unfortunately, the solution that appeared here no longer works. There is currently no known workaround.How do I change my displayed information in chat rooms?Although the following is about the chat room nicknames, it applies to all the information that you see when you hover over somebody's name on the chatters' list in the chat room.
CREATE A CHATROOM NICKNAME
If you mean how do you change your nickname that is used in the yahoo chat rooms, the new profile system is not connected to the chat room information in any way unlike the old profile system unless of course people view your profile. This also goes for the information, such as age and location, that you can read about a person by hovering over their name on the chat room's chatters list. The chat room nickname is also different from the nickname you can put in My Contact Details. Anyways to have a nickname for the chat room you need to access the old profile system. Who knows how long this method will work until Yahoo shuts it down too.
This link explains how to do it: http://www.helpbytes.co.uk/profilenickna… . Look in the section “How to change the Nickname?” There are 2 methods to choose from in that section. A shortcut method where you type your Yahoo ID in the box and click Go! and the long URL that you copy and paste into the address bar of your browser. Remember to change the ending of the URL to your own Yahoo ID. For example in the URL it says %26lt;USERID%26gt; I would replace with true.colors (no brackets).
On some names that shortcut method doesn't work and will just take you to the new Yahoo! Profile system, so you will need to use the copy paste option. Please note you will be prompted to sign into your old profile with name and password. Do not use the last 2 options on that page in the section “View your old Yahoo! Profile?” because they are only used to view the old profile, not to edit it.
Once you have made the changes on the old profile, click save changes on the lower right corner. Then exit Yahoo Messenger by right clicking the yahoo icon by your clock and choosing exit and then restart Yahoo Messenger. Now, your nickname and other information should be visible when you enter the chat room and type.
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EDIT:
Well darn, that solution just worked the other day. I will get in touch with the person who owns that website and check into it further. I will get back to you with what I have found out.How do I change my displayed information in chat rooms?If you want to create an alias ( nick name for chat rooms )
Open messenger : left click ( %26gt; ) Messenger %26gt; My account info - Sign in - the links for creating an alias is on the right hand side - complete your task ( up to 6 different names ) %26gt; finish.
When going through the chat room procedure pause after hitting "join a room" as there will be drop-box on top of the next panel giving you the option to choose what name you wish to use in the chat session.
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