WLM Registry and Cached Files ??

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WLM Registry and Cached Files ?? by bobus on 03-05-2007 at 06:42 PM

Hello everybody.. i'm new here.. i have a doubt..

Today i install the WLM.. with the MSN Messenger 7.5, the "Last User" and the "Display Picture" file exists in registry:

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But now, don't have this informations.. and i want to know where i find..

Find the folder where have the "display picture".. in the 7.5 i know.. but in the WLM?

Someone can help me?

have a nice day..

sorry for my english

RE: WLM Registry and Cached Files ?? by TheGuruSupremacy on 03-05-2007 at 06:57 PM

Hey...Welcome on this Forum...
Follow my instructions:
Go to Start------->Run
and digit "%temp%" without the quotes
the chace folder of wlm is called MessengerChace

RE: WLM Registry and Cached Files ?? by bobus on 03-05-2007 at 07:44 PM

Thx for reply, but this folder are files from my contacts.. i want my files and informantions.. =\

RE: WLM Registry and Cached Files ?? by TheGuruSupremacy on 03-05-2007 at 08:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bobus

Thx for reply, but this folder are files from my contacts.. i want my files and informantions.. =\

In window vista the folder is at:

C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Messenger

Note Administrator is the name of the account(so it's change)

In xp should be

C:\Documents and settings\Administrator\Application Data\Local\Microsoft\Messenger

or

C:\Documents and settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger

RE: WLM Registry and Cached Files ?? by Sunshine on 03-05-2007 at 11:10 PM

For WLM 8.1.0178:
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\<.NET passport>\ObjectStore\

Regular Display Pictures: UserTile
DDPs (animated/Dynamic Display Pictures): DeluxeDisplayPictures

RE: WLM Registry and Cached Files ?? by bobus on 03-06-2007 at 12:00 AM

Ok.. thanks for ur contribution!

in the registry case, anyone know?
[Image: 2lbp25l.jpg]

the display picture i find.. but the Last User in the registry i don't know where are..

RE: RE: WLM Registry and Cached Files ?? by CookieRevised on 03-06-2007 at 01:29 AM

quote:
Originally posted by TheGuruSupremacy
In window vista the folder is at:
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Messenger

Note Administrator is the name of the account(so it's change)

In xp should be

C:\Documents and settings\Administrator\Application Data\Local\Microsoft\Messenger

or

C:\Documents and settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger

quote:
Originally posted by Sunshine
For WLM 8.1.0178:
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\<.NET passport>\ObjectStore\

Regular Display Pictures: UserTile
DDPs (animated/Dynamic Display Pictures): DeluxeDisplayPictures

"ObjectStore" ? I don't have that...

The proper directory for both XP and Vista can be found if you go to
%appdata%\Microsoft\MSN Messenger\...

EDIT: this is the path for previous Windows Live Messenger versions... Not the one for 8.1.x... sorry

RE: RE: RE: WLM Registry and Cached Files ?? by TheSteve on 03-06-2007 at 01:38 AM

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
[The proper directory for both XP and Vista can be found if you go to
%appdata%\Microsoft\Messenger\...

Actually, %appdata% will not put in Local Settings. If you're using Windows API to obtain the path, you can use CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA, however I haven't been able to find an environment variable equivalent.

RE: WLM Registry and Cached Files ?? by CookieRevised on 03-06-2007 at 01:51 AM

I'm not talking about the window API, but about the shell.

Indeed when you need to obtain paths programmatically one should never ever use hard coded paths, environment variables and also not the folders you could obtain from the registry (eg: the infamous "shell folders"), one should always use the Windows APIs for that.

EDIT: I see what you mean.... I gave the path to another older storage.

nevertheless, things said above, still apply of course

RE: RE: WLM Registry and Cached Files ?? by TheSteve on 03-06-2007 at 02:06 AM

Yes those things you said are true, but not really related to what I said. I simply meant that there was no %envvar% style equivalent to get to Local Settings\Application Data (as opposed to just Application Data which is where %appdata% goes)

RE: WLM Registry and Cached Files ?? by bobus on 03-06-2007 at 02:58 PM

CookieRevised
Now i'm confuse

Here i have:
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\(my mail)\ObjectStore\UserTile

And here:
%appdata%\Microsoft

The only MSN folder in this directory is MSN Messenger(i think is the 7.5 folder)

RE: WLM Registry and Cached Files ?? by Sunshine on 03-06-2007 at 03:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
"ObjectStore" ? I don't have that...

The proper directory for both XP and Vista can be found if you go to
%appdata%\Microsoft\Messenger\...

Not in the folder you gave the path to no (i think you mean: %appdata%\Microsoft\MSN Messenger\ ), that one uses ID numbers (old objectstore method, changed again in 8.1)...surely it's in the one i pointed out?

quote:
Originally posted by bobus
Here i have:
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\(my mail)\ObjectStore\UserTile

Storage folder of WLM 8.1 for regular DPs

quote:
And here:
%appdata%\Microsoft

The only MSN folder in this directory is MSN Messenger(i think is the 7.5 folder)

Storage folder for WLM 8.0 (and other/older MSN Messenger versions i believe)

RE: WLM Registry and Cached Files ?? by bobus on 03-06-2007 at 04:42 PM

Sunshine
Thanks again.. i'm not being crazy..!

But in the registry, u don't know where i can find the accounts(mail not numbers)?

thx again..

RE: WLM Registry and Cached Files ?? by Sunshine on 03-06-2007 at 06:10 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bobus
Sunshine
Thanks again.. i'm not being crazy..!

You're welcome

quote:
But in the registry, u don't know where i can find the accounts(mail not numbers)?

thx again..

I did find LastUserHash (you did want to find LastUser yes?) in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger\SQM but well that's a hash... The UTL key under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger\PerPassportSettings\<numbered ID> in wich you can read some stuff (like the emailaddy it's connected to) still exists (unless this is a leftover from 7.5..i never really investigated this before). However i have no idea how to find out wich hash (as used in LastUserHash) belongs to wich number (and at that to wich email addy) besides logging in and matching them that way.

Edit: this is what you are after right?

RE: WLM Registry and Cached Files ?? by bobus on 03-06-2007 at 08:39 PM

Sunshine
Nice.. but in my computer this key (SQM) doesn't exists..

And about the UTL, i know..

But if i find the last account, i can find the PassportNumber..

This is so confuse to find.. but thanks a lot for ur atention!