Hi!!

Using a very old pc that i have ( Pentium II 350 Mhz), i found my old conversations of messenger, i mean the history of the conversations of MSN messenger.
The files are in a format called *.HST, but i can´t open them
This type of files was created by messenger plus!but the newest versions dont open this file, it is not supported.

Could you tell me please any idea to open these files?
I tried the bloc note, but i can´t read any information, i tried to change the format, but it doesn´t work,
I hope that you could find any solution, I will be very grateful!!

(My version was Messenger Plus! 3.50)

byeee!
see you soon!

Messenger Plus! never created *.hst files. it used .txt for unencrypted chats and .ple for encrypted chats. Messenger itself (when it supported chat logging) used .xml.

Are you sure it wasn't another tool?

I´m very sure that i was using Messenger plus! because i didn´t use another tool for chat.

These files were created in 2004.

I didn´t use yahoo messenger or something like that, because i always use msn messenger.

I remember that in the past i chose the section plus! in the program and i read the conversations with *.hst extension

Thank you for help, and your quick answer

Have you tried opening it with netscape? A quick Google search told me it could work [Google also told me it could be Corel WordPerfect, or Yahoo Messenger, but you said you didn't use it. Worth the shot, anyways.]

I was searching on the internet, and i used another programs that i found, but i failed.

I found that netscape and corel draw read HTS but i didn´t try, i will try.
They are the only two solutions that i didn´t used!! xDDD
Before posting i used google because i don´t like ask a question if previously i didn´t use google

Im tired for try solutions xD

Thank you!!

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Originally posted by 87witos
corel draw

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I tried Netscape but when im going to use the program, It doesn´t open the file, Only says do you want to download the file?? and it says the program that you want to open the file xDDD

I tried Corel Wordperfect (not corel draw xDDDDD) but in the program there are a lot a lot a lot of formats to convert the file, the extensions that i tried it doesn´t work xDD.

Thank you for all your help. I think that im going to give up my search xDDD, it´s impossible.

thanks again

Those files never came from Messenger Plus!.

As Matty already said, nor Messenger Plus! for Windows Live Messenger, nor Messenger Plus! for MSN Messenger ever used the extension 'HST'.

In fact, it is Yahoo! Messenger that creates HST files for its conversation logs. So if you wanna read them, you must install Yahoo! Messenger.
So, at some point in the past you must have used Yahoo Messenger, otherwise those HST log files are impossible to appear.