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Originally posted by nehakaul
I hope I have explained the problem clearly this time around.
Absolutely...
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Originally posted by nehakaul
To begin with, I uninstalled Messenger Plus! Live ( for Window Live Messenger). After which I realized that I had lost my chat logs (not scripts, my bad). In an attempt to retrieve them, I recovered all my deleted messenger plus live files from the recycle bin. Thus these files were put back in their original location i.e, C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live.
Now inside this location there are currently 13 files/folders recovered.
1. Interface (folder)
2. Languages (folder)
3. Scripts (folder)
4. Detoured.dll
5. Events Style Sheet
6. lame_enc.dll
7. libsndfile.dll
8. Log Viewer
9. MPScripts.dll
10. Mptools
11. MSgPlusLive.dll
12. MSgPlusLiveRes.dll
13. Uninstall
I tried looking for the log's in Log Viewer but strangley I just found really old logs and nothing new... nothing after I had installed Messenger Plus! Live (I had Messenger Plus 3 before that).
So I was wondering if there was a file in this above location, by running which I could reinstall Messenger Plus Live and automatically get my chat logs back.
No, there is not a magic tool to bring back things which are gone (well, except for recycle bin and maybe an undelete program, but that's it)...
If you recovered the directory "\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live", then everything which was originally in that directory will be put back, nothing will be left out by the recycle bin.
So, the reason why you don't see new (Plus!Live) logs there is most likely because they weren't there in the first place.
Try looking in your user's "Documents and Settings" directory (also look in the recylce bin for that).
If all things fail, and you are pretty certain that the logs must still exist somewhere, search your entire hard disk for files in the form "
contacts@mail.com.html" and/or "
contacts@mail.com.txt".
And if you're really lucky (and you didn't select 'remove preferences from the registry') when you uninstalled Plus!, you can find the log directory by opening your registry editor and going to
"
HKCU\Software\Patchou\Messenger Plus! Live\your_msn_mail\Preferences\" and checking out the
LogsDirectory value.
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