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If a user sent me a song that got to maybe 90% then went offline, I presume I would have a broken file on my computer.

Luckily VLC player plays broken files.

Where could i find the broken audio file if possible? I checked temporary internet files, it wasn't there. I expect it to be a hidden file somewhere on the depths of my computer.

Does anyone know where I should start looking?

If the transfer isn't complete the file isn't written to your computer.

Also this is the wrong section to ask in.

is that definate, 100%  coz as its transferring it comes along in all little blocks. so they must have been on my comp while the trasnfer was taking place

If I remember correctly the data of the file is received and stored in memory. I don't think it is written anywhere on the disk. If it was they could enable file transfer resuming.

WLM's file transfer feature isn't very good in my opinion.

Some better alternatives are StreamFile, FilesOverMiles and DropSend.

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Originally posted by matty
If the transfer isn't complete the file isn't written to your computer.

Also this is the wrong section to ask in.

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Although complicated to implement, I think something could be written that copies the incoming data transmissions to a script variable and saves the incomplete file on failure so we have at least part of the file. It would be hard though and I don't have the time personally

The files are stored in memory while they are being transferred. Once the file is completely transferred and virus scanned, it is then written to disk.

That is why, if you attempt to close a chat while a file transfer is taking place, it warns you that closing the chat will cause the transfer to fail.

Actually the files ARE written to disk during the transfer.

Messsenger creates a temp file the same size as the file to be received, then writes to it every so many bytes during the transfer (in Vista, this is usually in "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp"). If the transfer fails for whatever reason the file is deleted immediately (thus, if you terminate the Messenger process before you have finished receving a file, Messenger doesn't get chance to remove the temp file and so the received data is still there.)

As the transfer failed the file almost certainly will have been deleted. If you were to scan your hard drive immediately after the transfer failed using a file recovery program, it might be possible to recover what was received, but even then it's very unlikely.

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Originally posted by kezz
Once the file is completely transferred and virus scanned, it is then written to disk.

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A virus scan will check a file, not something stored in memory