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i'm having a problem. i have msn messenger running, and windows messenger as well.

i use both of them at the same time.

but i only want to log chats from msn messenger and not from windows messenger. or maybe chat logs from windows messenger somewhere else.

what to do?

thanks alot experts!

you can turn on MSN messengers chat log feature by clicking tools>options>messages and clicking the box automatically log my conversations.


it will then save your MSN chat logs in my recieved files(default) then you can turn of msgpluses chat logs

thnx saint

but what i also need to encrypt my chat logs. its like i msn messenger to encrypt my chat logs and store them in say c:\

and i want windows messenger to save my chat logs as text in say d:\

I assume the two clients have different Passports signed in to them? If so, then the settings for one's logs are independent of the settings for the other's logs. So just change the location they're saved to

- There is no logging feature in Windows Messenger (at least not for the versions I know), only in MSN Messenger.

- Options for Windows Messenger are saved in a different place than for MSN Messenger.

i like what raceprouk said... i'm gonna try dat right now... lets c if dat works!
so like, i'm signed in from abc@hotmail.com on windows messenger and xyz@hotmail.com on MSN messenger. So Plus would save settings for both seperately?

no dude... it doesn't work. I set the login for windows messenger, which will always be abc@hotmail.com to d:\chat\
then i set the login for msn messenger which will always be xyz@hotmail.com to c:\chat\

but its not working, when i change preferences for one, it changes for both what to do? both need to be signed in at the same time!!

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Originally posted by cloudedhopes
i like what raceprouk said... i'm gonna try dat right now... lets c if dat works!

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What Raceprouk said is how it works: MSN Messenger saves logging settings per account as well as Messenger Plus! saves logging settings per account.

But you are confusing some things it seems. So to make things maybe clearer, here is everything in a list:

1) MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger are two different instant messenger clients. They both save all their settings in a different place.

2) In MSN Messenger, logging features are saved per account. This means per account you can have different settings for logging in MSN Messenger.

3) In Windows Messenger there is no logging feature at all.

4) Messenger Plus! is an addon for MSN Messenger and/or Windows Messenger. It is not a instant messenger client on its own. It adds features to MSN Messenger and/or Windows Messenger.

5) Messenger Plus! also has a logging feature which works independantly from the logging feature of MSN Messenger.

6) Messenger Plus! saves all its settings per account. This means per account you can have different settings for logging in Messenger Plus!.

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Originally posted by cloudedhopes
no dude... it doesn't work.

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It does work. Extremely many people do this all the time. Also, I just tried it out again, no problems what-so-ever.

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Originally posted by cloudedhopes
I set the logging for windows messenger, which will always be abc@hotmail.com to d:\chat\. Then I set the logging for msn messenger which will always be xyz@hotmail.com to c:\chat\.

but its not working, when i change preferences for one, it changes for both

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1) Make sure you are signed in with the correct accounts before you change the logging settings in Messenger Plus!.
2) Make sure you change the correct log setting in Messenger Plus! There are three different settings:
   - one for the logging folder
   - one for the archive folder
   - one for the event log
3) Make sure you press "Apply" or "Ok" when you have change settings.

thanks alot cookie revised.

what i'm doing right now. is using the windows messenger and msn messenger at the same time.

i login on windows messenger from a different hotmail account
i login on msn messenger from a seperate hotmail account.

so both the accounts are online at the same time.

now i have two clients running, one being the windows messenger, other being msn messenger.

i use messenger plus logging for both.

i set preferences for the account on msn messenger to store chats on c:\chat

but it sets the same for both the accounts. so both accounts' chat logging is on c:\chat

now it may be a bug, i don't know. is it?



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this is what i just did
i signed in from abc@hotmail.com (using msn messenger)
i signed in from xyz@hotmail.com (using windows messenger)

i set messenger plus to log files for abc@hotmail in c:\chat
it correctly stores all chats in c:\chat

it also stores chats for xyz@hotmail in c:\chat
i go to xyz@hotmail and set messenger plus to store chat logs in d:\chat
it correctly stores all chats in d:\chat

but now it also stores chat logs from abc@hotmail in d:\chat