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Originally posted by cndbeauty67
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
ShawnZ you are like the smartest person EVER!!!!
Actually that is basic computer knowledge though.
Anyways...
The file extension is what defines the program to use to open a file.
Programs can associate file extensions in Windows so that a file with that particular file extension will be openend with that specific program.
eg: by default, files ending in ".txt" are associated with Notepad. Files ending in ".doc" are associated with MS Word, etc...
The file extension is the last part of the file name; more specifically everything which comes after
the last dot. So you can have a filename like "blahblah.hello.how.are.you", the extension will be ".you", and not ".hello" or ".hello.how.are.you" or whatever else.
Plus! only associates ".ple" files as encrypted chat logs. Hence why a file ending in ".1" is not reconized by Windows as a Plus! encrypted chatlog. Logically, because many kind of files can end in ".1". eg: "readme.1", "readme.2", ...
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Originally posted by cndbeauty67
The xml logs that msnmessenger provides open up clearly, but I find they can lose stuff depending on random boots, not shutting msn down properly etc etc so I dont trust them as much.
Actually, the Messenger XML logs are more "stable" than the Plus! logs. This is because conversations in Messenger are written almost instantly to the logs. In Plus! they are not written instantly, but only after a certain time. This makes that Plus! logs are the ones which, if all things being equal, will lack more content than Messenger logs after random boots, not shutting messenger down properly, etc...
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