Thumbnails in msn messenger

Every image that is displayed on your computer while browsing, it is stored in temporary internet files.
So look for that image in the folder

C:\Documents and Settings\<<USERNAME>>\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\

If it is not in that, look to find the temp folder that MSN messenger uses.
You'll surely get that image in it.

Ok well thank you very much but heres the issue.Norton deletes those temp files once a week and I cant find any temp folder msn messenger uses.I know that a file is never truely deleted from the comp unless its wiped.How do I find this file to get it back? Unless of course theres a msn messenger temp folder that I cant find.Thanks again.

If you have configured norton to wipe the temp internet files then it must have deleted the file by now.
So the only method left is try to open the chat window again with the image( if that is possible).

Then search your local windows directory( and the directory where u have installed ur messenger, if they are not the same) for all the images which have been modified in the last one day and also give a restriction on the size... like at most 10 k etc.
So u may find the image with the size of thumbnail view.