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What are all these files for? /Ignored
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RE: What are all these files for?
Those directories are normally hidden.

It contains the caches of each Windows Live Messenger user account you have ever used to sign in to Messenger. So each time you sign in to Messenger with a different user account, a new cache is created here.

The cache itself is a list of all the contacts for that specific user account. The cache makes that Windows Live Messenger can sign in much faster.

You could delete everything you find there, but it will be created again the next time you sign in.

A similar directory can probably be found at
C:\Documents and Settings\Jim\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts

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Originally posted by JimmyJazzCA
The *username* is actual contacts I have in my contacts list, but I did not want to type any if the addies here.
That shouldn't be. The *username* is not a contact, it is a Windows Live account; the account you use to sign in to Messenger.
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03-22-2008 03:16 PM
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What are all these files for? /Ignored - by JimmyJazzCA on 03-22-2008 at 02:50 PM
RE: What are all these files for? - by CookieRevised on 03-22-2008 at 03:16 PM
RE: What are all these files for? /Ignored - by ahmetgns on 03-23-2008 at 08:41 PM
RE: What are all these files for? /Ignored - by JimmyJazzCA on 03-26-2008 at 08:06 PM


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