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abitdodgy
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Opening MessengerCache Files

Can anyone answer the following two questions please?

1) what the files found in MessengerCache--those that end in a hash "#" and have no file extension--contain?

2) is it possible to open them and how? I already tried using a Hex editor, as well as changed their extension to .txt and .xml but neither solution worked.

I already searched the forum for this information but was unable to find it.

Many thanks.

03-20-2009 01:32 AM

ShawnZ
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RE: Opening MessengerCache Files

if you don't know what's in them, then why do you want to open them

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03-20-2009 01:54 AM

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RE: RE: Opening MessengerCache Files

quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
if you don't know what's in them, then why do you want to open them

To find out what's in them...

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03-20-2009 06:53 AM

abitdodgy
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O.P. RE: RE: RE: Opening MessengerCache Files

Precisely. Is it possible to open those files, and if it is, using which method?

quote:
Originally posted by djdannyp

quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
if you don't know what's in them, then why do you want to open them

To find out what's in them...

03-20-2009 01:18 PM

kabso 5
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RE: Opening MessengerCache Files

check this one out

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=89...d=954643#pid954643

03-20-2009 01:56 PM

abitdodgy
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O.P. RE: RE: Opening MessengerCache Files

Thanks kabso. I am more interested in text content, however, not images. Do those files contain conversation history, or not?

quote:
Originally posted by kabso 5
check this one out

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=89...d=954643#pid954643

03-20-2009 02:14 PM

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RE: Opening MessengerCache Files

Your conversation history is stored in My Received Files in My Documents IIRC... Nowhere else...

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03-20-2009 06:33 PM

CookieRevised
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RE: Opening MessengerCache Files

quote:
Originally posted by abitdodgy
1) what the files found in MessengerCache--those that end in a hash "#" and have no file extension--contain?

I already searched the forum for this information but was unable to find it.

see
CookieRevised's reply to Where does MSN store it's avatars?
and
CookieRevised's reply to Where does MSN store it's avatars? (follow up on first (old) post)

quote:
Originally posted by abitdodgy
2) is it possible to open them and how? I already tried using a Hex editor, as well as changed their extension to .txt and .xml but neither solution worked.

Because they don't contain any XML code or text. If you have opened them up in a hex editor (excellent first step into finding out what they are) you would be able to see the file header. From the file header you can easly determine what type of files they are.
eg: A PNG image will always have "PNG" in the header...
eg: A JPG image will always have "JFIF" in the header...
eg: A GIF file will always start with "GIF8"...
etc...

PS: if they were text or XML files you would already have seen normal readable text in the hex editor.

This post was edited on 03-21-2009 at 10:28 AM by CookieRevised.

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03-21-2009 10:23 AM

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