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Originally posted by ~*McoreD*~
Hi Patchou, while we are at Registry, is there a hidden way to change the folder name created by Plus! Live for a new month. Currently it creates 2006 July but I would like it to be 2006-07. Thanks!
yes, that is exactly what Patchou just said
By the use of that registry key you can change the name to your likings...
2006-07 is produced by defining
yyyy'-'MM.
HKCU\Software\Patchou\Messenger Plus! Live\you@email.com\Preferences\LogsDateDirFormat
Although not yet documented, the format is similar to how the ArchiveFileDateFmt registry key behaved in Plus!3. So you might wanna base your format on the documentation for Plus!3 for now:
http://old.msgplus.net/help_registry.php#datetags
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Date Tags
To add normal text, use single quotes. Example: "dd'/'MM" will produce "18/10".
* d - Day of month as digits with no leading zero for single-digit days.
* dd - Day of month as digits with leading zero for single-digit days.
* ddd - Day of week as a three-letter abbreviation.
* dddd - Day of week as its full name.
* M - Month as digits with no leading zero for single-digit months.
* MM - Month as digits with leading zero for single-digit months.
* MMM - Month as a three-letter abbreviation.
* MMMM - Month as its full name.
* yy - Year as last two digits, but with leading zero for years less than 10.
* yyyy - Year represented by full four digits.
such tags are used in Windows and in many programs btw, so they are kind of 'universal'.
PS: This indeed also suggests you do not need to specify a date per-say; you can just use a text between single quotes to archive everything into a single subdirectory.
EDIT: Or you can even use a dot between single quotes to not archive at all (everything will be put into the main log dir): '.'
(<= never thought of that before actually until now, stupid me)
But be very advised that logs can become extremely big, the bigger they are the slower everything will get!
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