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Opening MessengerCache Files by abitdodgy on 03-20-2009 at 01:32 AM

Can anyone answer the following two questions please?

1) what the files found in MessengerCache--those that end in a hash "#" and have no file extension--contain?

2) is it possible to open them and how? I already tried using a Hex editor, as well as changed their extension to .txt and .xml but neither solution worked.

I already searched the forum for this information but was unable to find it.

Many thanks.

RE: Opening MessengerCache Files by ShawnZ on 03-20-2009 at 01:54 AM

if you don't know what's in them, then why do you want to open them :p

RE: RE: Opening MessengerCache Files by djdannyp on 03-20-2009 at 06:53 AM

quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
if you don't know what's in them, then why do you want to open them :p

To find out what's in them...
RE: RE: RE: Opening MessengerCache Files by abitdodgy on 03-20-2009 at 01:18 PM

Precisely. Is it possible to open those files, and if it is, using which method?

quote:
Originally posted by djdannyp
quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
if you don't know what's in them, then why do you want to open them :p

To find out what's in them...
RE: Opening MessengerCache Files by kabso 5 on 03-20-2009 at 01:56 PM

check this one out

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=89...d=954643#pid954643

RE: RE: Opening MessengerCache Files by abitdodgy on 03-20-2009 at 02:14 PM

Thanks kabso. I am more interested in text content, however, not images. Do those files contain conversation history, or not?

quote:
Originally posted by kabso 5
check this one out

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=89...d=954643#pid954643

RE: Opening MessengerCache Files by Spunky on 03-20-2009 at 06:33 PM

Your conversation history is stored in My Received Files in My Documents IIRC... Nowhere else...

RE: Opening MessengerCache Files by CookieRevised on 03-21-2009 at 10:23 AM

quote:
Originally posted by abitdodgy
1) what the files found in MessengerCache--those that end in a hash "#" and have no file extension--contain?

I already searched the forum for this information but was unable to find it.
see
CookieRevised's reply to Where does MSN store it's avatars?
and
CookieRevised's reply to Where does MSN store it's avatars? (follow up on first (old) post)

quote:
Originally posted by abitdodgy
2) is it possible to open them and how? I already tried using a Hex editor, as well as changed their extension to .txt and .xml but neither solution worked.
Because they don't contain any XML code or text. If you have opened them up in a hex editor (excellent first step into finding out what they are) you would be able to see the file header. From the file header you can easly determine what type of files they are.
eg: A PNG image will always have "PNG" in the header...
eg: A JPG image will always have "JFIF" in the header...
eg: A GIF file will always start with "GIF8"...
etc...

PS: if they were text or XML files you would already have seen normal readable text in the hex editor.