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    Retrieving MSN logs?

    Hey guys,
    MSN just decided to crash on me and I had a convo opened with someone who had just given me details about important things, and had gone offline. Suffice to say being the great app that msn is, it doesn't save convos on a crash

    So I was wondering if there is anyway to recover the convo, I need the info and hes not back till tuesday!

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    Re: Retrieving MSN logs?

    There is if you're using MSN Plus, but I've a feeling it's a "plus" feature, not a standard MSN one. Could be wrong though. The menu button, then File/View Message History.

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    Re: Retrieving MSN logs?

    Not that I know of.

    If you have it set to store the message history it probably would (in a nice XML file to boot). But i don't think it caches it by default.

    Tools -> Options -> Messages -> Message History -> Automatically keep a history of my conversations

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    Re: Retrieving MSN logs?

    Yea I have that turned on, and Ive looked in message history of that person, and its not there
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    Re: Retrieving MSN logs?

    hmmm

    I always assumed it wrote to the logs on the fly. It must do it in a batch or when the conversations ends or something. Thats a bit of a pain in the ass really.

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    Re: Retrieving MSN logs?

    Oobie, browse to where MSN keeps the logs and check in the message history for your own login details. I've had stuff stored in there before (even though I wasnt talking to myself)

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    Re: Retrieving MSN logs?

    I found that messenger only writes to the log when you close the conversation window. When it has crashed for me in the past i have lost the messages
    Last edited by gman1981; 03-02-2008 at 02:59 PM. Reason: Typo

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    Re: Retrieving MSN logs?

    ah I had a look Raz316 and it does have msg's stored from lots of diff convos! But alas, it didn't store the one I'm looking for.

    Oh well not the end of me, just pisses me off slightly!

    Thanks guys
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