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Get Windows Desktop Search to use the M+ logs? by silvernino on 08-02-2005 at 04:52 PM
Windows Desktop Search will index and search MSN Chat logs, but I have been using Messenger Plus for years and have archives going back at least 2-3 years so I continue to use the Messenger Plus feature.
When using Windows Desktop Search though, the "IM Chats" button doesn't work. My chats are stored in My documents\My Chat Logs.
Anyone know how/where to move those to so the WDS will find them? Will it look in the .TXT files M+ uses?
RE: Get Windows Desktop Search to use the M+ logs? by RaceProUK on 08-03-2005 at 04:58 PM
Windows won't look into the Plus! logs for two reasons:
1. It won't be able to decrypt encryted logs
2. It doesn't know the format of the logs
RE: RE: Get Windows Desktop Search to use the M+ logs? by silvernino on 08-03-2005 at 05:09 PM
quote:
Originally posted by raceprouk
Windows won't look into the Plus! logs for two reasons:
1. It won't be able to decrypt encryted logs
2. It doesn't know the format of the logs
But they are just text files, at least here. I don't encrypt them.
I guess it wouldn't hurt to use both logging systems, though WDS will only search prospectively, and my data in that folder would be double. Triple really as MSN seems to use XML. Nothing like bloating it up for simple logging eh?
RE: Get Windows Desktop Search to use the M+ logs? by RaceProUK on 08-03-2005 at 05:13 PM
They may be (sometiems encrypted) textfiles, but there's the internal structure of the data to consider.
RE: Get Windows Desktop Search to use the M+ logs? by Patchou on 08-03-2005 at 05:57 PM
There may be an api for me to use to let Desktop Search access my files properly. Please email me at mplus@patchou.com about your request and I'll see what I can do.
RE: Get Windows Desktop Search to use the M+ logs? by Max on 08-03-2005 at 06:19 PM
The Windows Desktop Search API Documentation.
I hope this is useful Patchou.
Enjoy!
Patches