How to modify chatlogs from the commandline


You can encrypt/decrypt existing logs (and more) from the commandline (Start > Run) with the logviewer application:


Results of run > "C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Log Viewer.exe" /?

Note: strings which contain spaces need to be inside quotes. eg:
"C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Log Viewer.exe" /encrypt="c:\my logs\contact1@hotmail.com.txt" /pwd="my password"



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Decrypt:
Start > run
type:
"C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Log Viewer.exe" /decrypt="<full path to log that needs to be decrypted>"
<enter>
You will be prompted for the (old) password.

Note: the original encrypted file will not be deleted, you will have to do that manually.


Encrypt:
Start > Run
type:
"C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Log Viewer.exe" /encrypt="<full path to the log that needs encrypting>" /pwd="my password"
<enter>
Replace "my password" with your password.

Note: the original unencrypted file will not be deleted, you will have to do that manually.


If you need to decrypt and/or encrypt more than one file then the DecryptAll.bat (decrypting) and/or EncryptAll.bat (encrypting) included in DecryptEncryptAll.zip made by CookieRevised may be of help. These batch files will decrypt or encrypt all the log files of Messenger Plus! Live which exist in a folder and its subfolders when run from inside that folder (these also delete the original logfiles after successful decrypting/encrypting).


Changing password on encrypted files:
For chatlogs made with Plus!Live (any build):

Start > Run
type:
"C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Log Viewer.exe" /changepwd="C:\MyLogs\contactemail@hotmail.com.ple" /newpwd="test"
<enter>
You will be prompted to fill in the old password.

(replace "C:\MyLogs\contactemail@hotmail.com.ple" with the full path to the logfile you wish to alter the pw for and "test" with your new password. Note: strings wich contain spaces need to be put inside quotes)

Now for logs made with Plus!3 it's a different story, you will need to decrypt them and then re-encrypt them with the new password (see above howto). The logs will then not be readable by Plus!3 anymore, in other words if you still use Plus!3 at some point and log the chats Plus!3 will create a new log, not add to the one you altered.


Explanation other optional switches:

• /Dest - Destination, use this switch if you wish to put the endfile in another folder or use another filename.
  Requires full path + filename including extension (.ple for encrypted, .txt for unencrypted files)
  
• /KeySize - to alter/set the encryption strenght of the file
  Without, logs will be encrypted at strength set in Plus > Preferences > Conversations > Logs Encryption
  
• /Overwrite - overwrites file if a file with the same name already exists
  
• /Partial - makes sure everything possible from an encrypted file gets decrypted if the log got corrupted. Not using /Partial would result in an error and no output file whereas with /Partial the parts that didn't get corrupted will be written to a file.
  
• /Hint - to set a password hint

what can u do if u have lost<forgot> the password??

Chat Log password...plz!
chat logs encryption
Chat Log Encryption Problem

In short, you can't do anything if you don't have the password.
There wouldn't be much point of having a password if it could be bypassed, would it?

I use a password to encrypt my log files. I want to be asked for the password from the first time I press view chat logs. Now when you press view chat logs, it open the chat organizer windows ans you are able to see all contacs and existing chat files which is not what I want.

Then you choose one contact and to see the chat content you are asked for the password.. but this is not what i want because i do not want anybody using my PC know that I record my chat and with wich contacts I did it

Some suggestion?
carlos

You cannot prevent other people using your Windows account from knowing that you record your conversations.

Set a passwod for your Windows account (Control panel>User Accounts>your account name>Set a password) and if it asks you*1, make your My Documents folder hidden for other accounts, then create a new account for other people who use your computer (Control panel>User Accounts>Create a new account)

(*1) If it doesn't ask, then it means your hard disk's file system is not NTFS. You can convert it without losing any file, open Start>Programs>Accessories>Command ...., then type in the black window "convert [your hard disk's letter, most of the time C]: /fs:ntfs" without quotation marks and hit Enter.

Example:

convert C: /fs:ntfs

It will be converted next time your computer is started.

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Originally posted by Sunshine
Encrypt:
Start > Run
type:
"C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Log Viewer.exe" /encrypt="<full path to the log that needs encrypting>" /pwd="my password"
<enter>
Replace "my password" with your password.

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/Encrypt=srcfile [/Pwd=password] [/Dest=dstfile]...

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Hey

I have a problem

I would like to send the encripted logfiles to some friends as a file via MSN, but it is not possible, cause my freinds dont have the logviewer, and so i wanted to cobvert the file in an html file! is that possible? Or ist it possible to send my freind the files without that they install the log viewer?

Thanks

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Originally posted by laymunaa
Hey

I have a problem

I would like to send the encripted logfiles to some friends as a file via MSN, but it is not possible, cause my freinds dont have the logviewer, and so i wanted to cobvert the file in an html file! is that possible? Or ist it possible to send my freind the files without that they install the log viewer?

Thanks

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Originally posted by Sunshine
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Decrypt:
Start > run
type:
"C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Log Viewer.exe" /decrypt="<full path to log that needs to be decrypted>"
<enter>
You will be prompted for the (old) password.

Note: the original encrypted file will not be deleted, you will have to do that manually.

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hi,
can someone help me please. im trying to open my msn chat log but after i enter the password i get a box saying
(This file does not have a program associated with it for preforming this action. Creat an association in the Set Associations control panel.)

i have no idea what to do, any help would be appreciated.
thanx

It seems to me that the Log Viewer.exe is missing on your system or something else. I think reinstalling Messenger Plus! Live is the first and easiest thing you can try to solve the problem..

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Originally posted by ahmetgns
It seems to me that the Log Viewer.exe is missing on your system or something else. I think reinstalling Messenger Plus! Live is the first and easiest thing you can try to solve the problem..

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Okay I looked around and did not see this posted anywhere yet.

I recently reinstalled my OS and thus re-installed all my programs. I had copied my former chat logs (which are encrypted) to another HD for backup. With the fresh version of messenger and MPL installed I tried to open up the old chat logs. To no success.
I tried all the tricks and methods listed here, and I do not even get a prompt from windows to confirm if I want to change or reset or delete my encryption password.
All it says is this :

The specified file couldn't be opened for read access.

I would really like to be able to open those logs again!!!

Any suggestions?

Thanks

My guess is that this is a security issue. You need to take ownership of the files, they're probably still marked with your old user id (SID).

how do i recover the old password that i used for the chat logs?

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Originally posted by justinelove
how do i recover the old password that i used for the chat logs?

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I'm having the same problem as jolhof, I've just reformatted and wanted to check something in my logs, which I had transferred to a jump drive.

They are encrypted, but when I go to decrypt them, I get a window saying, "An error has occurred while trying to decrypt your file. Please reboot or try again on another computer."

I've rebooted, but nothing happened.

I'm UNIMPRESSED~

And sad.

So it'd be wondrous if someone could answer this for me.

EDIT: It seems more like it's one particular log. That I need to get into REALLY BADLY.

;-;~

I'm experiencing the same problem as Aeolyn...the same error message occurs for me too and I've rebooted numerous times as well as restoring to a previous point in time and still nothing!

anyone know what's going on here? only change I've had was installing mozilla firefox - so to try amend the problem I even uninstalled my firefox but to no avail arghhhhh!

some enlightment on the issue would be great.

Hey Aeolyn, does the problem still persist or have you found an antidote? share if you please and anybody's assistance also!


cheers

SADLY, no.

I'm still having this problem.

u.u

Ive managed to use the Start - Run option to decrypt a file which kept coming up error before.

But where does the files go.

It appears in the same folder as the original encrypted log but then dissapears

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Originally posted by Scott9096
Ive managed to use the Start - Run option to decrypt a file which kept coming up error before.

But where does the files go.

It appears in the same folder as the original encrypted log but then dissapears

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Here's a question. I found a whole folder of encrypted chat logs I have from 2005. I can't for the life of me remember the password I used then. It was three years ago. I found the area you can re-encrypt files with a specified password in the preferences. But it won't work with logs encrypted with older versions of Plus!. Is there any way at all I can get into them?

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Originally posted by MaxEvans
Is there any way at all I can get into them?

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I know you can't decrypt a chat log without having the password, but there is one folder of chat logs that keeps telling me I have the wrong password. As there are only two possible passwords I use to encrypt chat logs, is it possible something is wrong with the files? I've tried a number of passwords but none of them seem to work. It's really unlike me to create a separate password for that month, so I'm not sure how that could have happened :/

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Originally posted by Patchou
My guess is that this is a security issue. You need to take ownership of the files, they're probably still marked with your old user id (SID).

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i have my old chatlogs from an old pc but forgot the password after reading endless posts saying this was not possable i gave up but last few weeks have been checking it out again and  can now sucsefully decript any msg pluslog within 3 mins tops. yup every and anyone one.
i was told how to do it by asking around and have the script to do it.
its very easy and am awaiting someone to build a simple program for everyone to use but may be a few weeks / months yet but its in the pipeline.

stay tuned

kerzio

I dunno what your goal is kerzio, but the way encrypted logs are made means that it is not possible to decrypt them without the password. The password is also not stored anywhere. This has been explained again and again.

Yes you could use brute force attacks but that would take a very very very long time, even on the most modern computer of today! Let alone that this can be done with a (very slow) "script" as you call it.

So I can only suspect that your goal is to either cause an uproar and/or to try to trick people to send you their logs (for whatever reason).

Hi i have a problem...

When i try to decrypt a file...everything happens normaly but i don't get any message...

what i do wrong???

i write this....


"C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Log Viewer.exe" /decrypt="C:\Documents and Settings\Demonas\blablablablabla greek stuff\xxxx@hotmail.com"

i press enter and nothing happen..how i know that i decrypt right???

Make sure the Log Viewer application is in the directory you type, i.e. in C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live folder. Or when you type "C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Log Viewer.exe" /? you must see a window explaining these commands (just like in the screenshot in the first post of this thread).

In fact, why it doesn't work on your computer is because you type your log file's path wrong, just include the file type extension ".ple" at the end of the path you wrote above, like xxx@hotmail.com.ple.

Hi i did what you say and yes i see the commands to check if it right...

and i put this...

"C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Log Viewer.exe" /decrypt="C:\Folder\xxxxx@hotmail.com.ple"

is that right..???nothing happen again...i have copy paste for more easy path the file that i want to decrypt....and paste inside the folder in my c...

still the same..

Yes, that seems right but there should definitely be a problem with the part after decrypt=.

You can also try using this bat file: DecryptEncryptAll.zip made by CookieRevised Note that this bat file should be run inside the folder where log files are in, and make sure you have a copy of the file in another folder as this bat file deletes the original file after decrypting it.

thanks....i find it...isn't encrypt..xexe thanks i will keep the files...!!!

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Originally posted by metaltooth
thanks....i find it...isn't encrypt..xexe thanks i will keep the files...!!!

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I have a question... Every time I try decrypting a certain chat log, I get this message:

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"An error occured while trying to decrypt your file. Please reboot or try again on another computer."

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Trying to decrypt the file with extra /Partial key to decrypt it as much as possible would be the last option for you. You can find necessary information about usage of /Partial key in the first message of this thread.

So I type: ""C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Log Viewer.exe" /decrypt="C:\Users\xxxxx\Documents\My Chat Logs\xxxxxxxx@hotmail.com\April 2009.ple" /Partial" into the box and hit enter? Because I did that and nothing happened. Nothing happened without the /Partial as well.

I have my saved log files, and now I'm on a Macintosh, with no access to a Windows machine. Is there any way to decrypt the files so I can read them? I have the password

Hey!

I began an encryped log file a while ago, since then I reinstalled my computer, though I saved and backed up the log before hand. Messenger plus began saving the encrypted log somewhere else though. How can I combine the old log with the new one?

1) Turn encryption in Plus! off.
2) Adjust your Plus! settings so that the logs are saved in the place you want.
3) Decrypt both logs using 'LOG VIEWER.EXE'. See the top post for more info.
4) Manually add the old log to the new log. This needs to be done manually since there is no automated program or tool at this moment which can do this properly and depending on the type of the log (HTML or text) it can be a somewhat complicated and labor intensive job and you need to know the markup of the logs. Don't forget to also move (and maybe rename) the images in the subfolder in case you have an html log.
5) Move the newly created log to the appropiate folder.
6) Encrypt the newly created log using 'LOG VIEWER.EXE'. See the top post for more info.
7) Turn encryption back on in Plus!.
8) If you've done everything properly then Plus! will simply start adding new conversations to the newly created log.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
1) Turn encryption in Plus! off.
2) Adjust your Plus! settings so that the logs are saved in the place you want.
3) Decrypt both logs using 'LOG VIEWER.EXE'. See the top post for more info.
4) Manually add the old log to the new log. This needs to be done manually since there is no automated program or tool at this moment which can do this properly and depending on the type of the log (HTML or text) it can be a somewhat complicated and labor intensive job and you need to know the markup of the logs. Don't forget to also move (and maybe rename) the images in the subfolder in case you have an html log.
5) Move the newly created log to the appropiate folder.
6) Encrypt the newly created log using 'LOG VIEWER.EXE'. See the top post for more info.
7) Turn encryption back on in Plus!.
8) If you've done everything properly then Plus! will simply start adding new conversations to the newly created log.

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I know it has been asked before early last year and possibly every year.    New technology have advance the messageplus with all updates and upgrades, so I was hoping that since passwords are essential tools for keeping it private these days, they might be able to find ways to have it re-set.

Is there anyway that passwords can be re-set on messageplus preferences as well as on chatlogs ?

I have not accessed my msgplus for few months or since I have changed the passwords in June 2009, and have forgotten what I changed it to.

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Originally posted by blushingsmile
Is there anyway that passwords can be re-set on messageplus preferences as well as on chatlogs ?

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Still no way discovered to decrypt logs without knowing the password?

OMG i need some of my old logs
Do something plz

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Originally posted by showman
Still no way discovered to decrypt logs without knowing the password?

OMG i need some of my old logs
Do something plz

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Originally posted by Matti

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Originally posted by showman
Still no way discovered to decrypt logs without knowing the password?

OMG i need some of my old logs
Do something plz

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Think about this: if it were possible to decrypt the log files without knowing the password, why would anyone want to use that kind of encryption? Isn't that the whole point of encrypting files?

If you no longer know it, you're out of luck. The only thing you can do is changing the password for new logs, that's where it ends.

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So it's not possible to get my password off?

The password remains even if you reinstall the application?

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Originally posted by showman
coz many people forget passwords 2 or 3 years . i know u will say those should note passwords somewhere. but that is not a permanent solution for this problem. coz many people facing the same problem. hope to get some technique soon

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Originally posted by ChatMaster
But there should be some way to retrieve logs.

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Originally posted by ChatMaster
So it's not possible to get my password off?

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Originally posted by ChatMaster
The password remains even if you reinstall the application?

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Thus, enforcing the idea of "logs being protected". No password, no log, for anybody.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

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Originally posted by ChatMaster
But there should be some way to retrieve logs.

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Nope there should not because logs are private.
I think you would not like it if your encrypted logs can simply be read by your mom, foo or girlfriend (in case you're cheating), no?

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Originally posted by ChatMaster
So it's not possible to get my password off?

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nope, absolutely not possible.

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Originally posted by ChatMaster
The password remains even if you reinstall the application?

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yep, of course.

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Originally posted by ChatMaster
So this means I can not get back on it now because I do not know my password and it can never be used on this computer?

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Thanks for not helping

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Originally posted by showman
Thanks for not helping

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Originally posted by djdannyp

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Originally posted by showman
Thanks for not helping

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If there was a way to access the logs without the password it would defeat the object of them being encrypted.

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Originally posted by showman

ummm...
Everything has positive and negative effects.
Even u can use a gun for your safety purpose or for killing others. usage depends on the user..
If u saying others can view logs by discovering some way to decrypt without password.. its upto them.. not ur fault.
u see on the other side.. people loosing their data.. n u say now they should remember passwords for future logs.. and forget about old logs. this is not a way...

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I haven't lost my password like these dumbasses, but most of my logs are in HTML format, does anyone know how I can change them to the .PLE format?

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Originally posted by Myth757
I haven't lost my password like these dumbasses, but most of my logs are in HTML format, does anyone know how I can change them to the .PLE format?

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I'm one of the unlucky ppl who used the encryption 4 years ago and now have logs they can't read because of a forgotten password. I've been reading these forums thru and thru to see if there is any way to recover a lost password, but I take it there isn't. My computer was crashing over and over back then and was taken back to the store to get repaired every month, it seemed. When I finally got it back, I was told to install only essentials, because the prob seemed to be a program-related one, so Messenger Plus! was one of the programs I didn't dare to get back - hence my logs remained encrypted as they had been the previous time my comp went belly up, and as I quit using the program, I eventually forgot the pass, too.

I'll just have to keep racking my brain and trying to remember what pass I used.
Reason I'm posting is to ask if the encryption passwords have always had the minimum of 4 letters as it seems to have now? Or if, for example, at 2005 it could have been shorter? That would be at least some sort of a start. And was there a limit of how long it could be?
Also, I read somewhere about different logs having different passwords or something? I know I changed my pass a couple of times during the time I encrypted logs, but I don't remember having to type in different passes to read the old logs. As I remember, I always just used the newest one. Am I just remembering wrong?

The logs I'm trying to retrieve are the first messenger convos between myself and the guy I ended up marrying 2 years later from when the convos took place. It would mean a lot to me to remember that password, so thank you to anyone who'd take the time to read this and answer my question.

As you know by now, you can not decrypt logs if you don't know the correct password.

I'm not 100% certain, but I think there always was a minimum size of 4 characters. The maximum limit doesn't really matter because as soon as you have a minimum of 6 characters the password is already relative strong (for Messenger Plus! chat logs).

If you have changed your password several times, then the chance is high that different logs have different passwords. It all depends on how you archived the logs over time as only the logs in the main directory will be re-encrypted with the new password. The logs already stored/archived in a subfolder will not be re-encrypted when you change your password.

I'm sorry that you are unable to remember the password for those important logs, but we can not help you with that. It is not possible to decrypt without knowing the exact password.

Thank you.

Yea, I have indeed figured out there's nothing to be done to decrypt them without the right pass, which is why I'm racking my brain to figure out what pass I might have used. It's why I was asking about the min/max lengths. So at least I won't waste time thinking about or trying 1-3 letter passwords while trying to find the right one.

I have pretty much given up hope, tho. I've been at this for a year now, off and on. I've got a couple of non-important passes I often use for stuff like this, and I always thought that all I'd need to do was to download the Plus again and punch them in. Along the 3-4 years I didn't use Plus! I didn't in fact know I had forgotten the password. Just that I didn't have the program to read the logs. Ah well.. live and learn.

Thank you for your time and reply

buenas noches... espero puedan ayudarme... encripte mis historiales de conversacion y ahora no recuerdo la clave... hay alguna manera de quitarles el candado que genere??? espero su pronta respuesta...

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Originally posted by yerm80
buenas noches... espero puedan ayudarme... encripte mis historiales de conversacion y ahora no recuerdo la clave... hay alguna manera de quitarles el candado que genere??? espero su pronta respuesta...

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Hi,
i tried to encrypt but i get a window saying, "Sorry, the cryptographic key could not be generated on this computer."

can anyone help me please

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Originally posted by lingrong
Hi,
i tried to encrypt but i get a window saying, "Sorry, the cryptographic key could not be generated on this computer."

can anyone help me please

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Hi all, The decryption of a chat log file doesn't work for me ... I do all the work, but when I push enter, nothing happens...

my log file neither opens :F this is what happens if I try to open it...



Can anybody help me by opening this file, or decrypting it??

Thnx

What happens if you press "Open"?

Nothing... It opens the chat log viewer, but blank...

Help please, i do need that ChatLog...

Is it something with a specific chat log file? If so;
Did you have any chance to take the file to another computer with Log Viewer installed?

From the first look of it, I think this has something todo with a file extension association problem, where the default action for the 'ple' extension is not opening files with "Log Viewer.exe /decrypt=xxx", but saving the file.

Pajtimii, what happens when you reinstall or repair Messenger Plus!?

If that fails, and you have the same behaviour, you can maybe try to untick the box "Always ask before opening this file" and press "Open" in that file dialog which pops up. sorry, wouldn't work, because the file should be decrypted first and it is the temporary decrypted file which the log viewer expects, hence you get a blank screen in the log viewer.

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Originally posted by ahmetgns
Is it something with a specific chat log file? If so;
Did you have any chance to take the file to another computer with Log Viewer installed?

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Hey,
i wanted to view one of my chat logs but when i tried to this showed up "An Error occurred while trying to decrypt your file. please reboot or try again on another computer." i tried rebooting and on other computers multiple times but it wouldn't work. can someone please help me

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
That program is only for logs created with Messenger Plus! 3.

Messenger Plus! Live uses a different (stronger) algorithm to encrypt/decrypt logs.

So you wont be able to use that program for logs created with Messenger Plus! Live.





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To try and fix the error "Sorry, the cryptographic key could not be generated on this computer.":

First set a lower key size for generating the encryption in the Plus! preferences to see and test if the following resolutions help.

1) Make sure you have the latest version of Messenger Plus!.

2) make sure you have all the latest Windows updates and fixes. This is highly important.

3) You also might wanna look at all the resolutions described in this MS KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798. Try them all one by one!

4) Try to (re)install the Cryptographic API redistributable.

5) There are other threads which report the same error, a true fix has never been given, nevertheless you should check them all out and read them carefully:
Chat Logging
Logs Encryption
Chat logging, cryptographic
i can't encrypt my chat log
Help - Cant generate encryption key
Cryptographic key can't be created
Encryption Problems
Logs encryption problem
Chatlogs encryption password
BUG? -> cryptographic key couldnt be generated on this computer!
encryption logs part doesnt work please help me
crypitographic key can't be generated!
Some threads link back to here though. Nevertheless they could contain vital info and/or tips.

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Try all the suggested things one by one, remember to reboot after each try, eventhough it isn't said to do so. If something solved the error, let us know. And as such:

6) As last resort you could mail Patchou like he asked here, but only if all others things above didn't work!




EDIT: updated the post a bit.
For my own reference and maybe usefull for testing: CryptoAPI Test Suite

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I have the same problem of encryption. The error comes as "An error occurred while trying to decrypt your file. Please reboot or try again on another computer.

I have tried many computers and still not working. Early today i used partial encryption in cmd. i.e

"C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Log Viewer.exe" /decrypt="C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\My Chat Logs\devils_clinic@hotmail.com.ple" /partial

It is a file of size 5000+ kb

but it encrypts only 663kb

Can anyone help me for a further encryption. How can i encrypt more

If the partial decryption stopped at one point, there is nothing you can do to decrypt it further.

Does the partially decrypted file makes sense? I mean, is it properly decrypted?

Does it contain the complete history for that contact?

Because, it might be that the ecnrypted log got corrupted somehow at some point (not nessecairly the fault of Plus! though. It might be a hard disk failure).

Dear Patchou

I do realley appreciate that for you to assist me restoring chat log password in chat logs.

I can send you one file of the enecripted chat log and just provide me with the decryipt password as the logs are important for me and I can't loss it I set the current logs to not be encrypted.

Please help me on this.

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Originally posted by tknaj2002sa
I can send you one file of the enecripted chat log and just provide me with the decryipt password as the logs are important for me and I can't loss it I set the current logs to not be encrypted.

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Brute force it

So I'm not entirely sure if this is what I need...
I don't have Plus! and before I get it I want to ask this question:
can I use it to encrypt already existing chatlogs, that were saved before even installing the addon?

That's really all I'm interested in, is encrypting my logs.  I don't see a way to do that with just straight Windows Live...

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Originally posted by krazykikikat
So I'm not entirely sure if this is what I need...
I don't have Plus! and before I get it I want to ask this question:
can I use it to encrypt already existing chatlogs, that were saved before even installing the addon?

That's really all I'm interested in, is encrypting my logs.  I don't see a way to do that with just straight Windows Live...

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Originally posted by ahmetgns
Yes, you can use Log Viewer.exe (a sub program of Messenger Plus! Live) to encrypt your chatlogs (or any other file). Just follow the guidelines posted by the original poster of this thread. When you need to read them just open them by double clicking and enter the password when prompted (Messenger Plus! Live should have been installed for the password prompt window to appear)

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This needs to be updated for version 5. So does DecryptEncryptAll.zip made by CookieRevised. I forgot to encrypt my log files for awhile now and I have months and several accounts of unencrypted log files that I would like to encrypt. Is there a way to encrypt several accounts and folders now with version 5?

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Originally posted by dreaded
This needs to be updated for version 5. So does DecryptEncryptAll.zip made by CookieRevised. I forgot to encrypt my log files for awhile now and I have months and several accounts of unencrypted log files that I would like to encrypt. Is there a way to encrypt several accounts and folders now with version 5?

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It is C:\Program Files\Yuna Software now for Windows XP. I edited your file and fount the registry entry to change also. I changed HKLM\SOFTWARE\%WOW64%Patchou\Messenger Plus! Live to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus! and it worked.

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Originally posted by dreaded
It is C:\Program Files\Yuna Software now for Windows XP. I edited your file and fount the registry entry to change also. I changed HKLM\SOFTWARE\%WOW64%Patchou\Messenger Plus! Live to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus! and it worked.

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I am using Ubuntu 11.04 and would like to only open up all my previously saved .ple encrypted chat logs.
How can I do that?

For some unknown reason every time I try to open my chat logs it says "Decryption failed please try again with another password chat log." Though I write my password I've checked a hundred times. My old chat logs won't open, though the latest ones work just fine.
I need help please.

Here is the thing, I used Messenger Plus! long time ago and i used the encrypted option for some logs, now I have returned to retrieve some of them and trash others, but it says I need a password...don't remember if in fact I protected them, still, I've been looking a way to open them....now I'm here. HELP!

As said countless and countless times in a gazzlion amount of threads and posts (hint: forum search function ftw!):

no, there is no way to decrypt a log without knowing the correct password, sorry...

I know the password it says it's not right, why?

Hello,

I've got a problem with decrypting the chatlogs.
I had to uninstall the Plus! a couple days ago, but I have some encrypted chatlogs. Now that i've reinstalled, I don't have access to them, because the password doesn't seem to be stored anymore.

Is there a way restore the files or the old password ?

Thanks.

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Originally posted by nathaliak
Now that i've reinstalled, I don't have access to them, because the password doesn't seem to be stored anymore.

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Hi,

Is there a way to get JUST the log viewer exe?

Thanks!