Ok thanks, right click and open with notepad, got it. I was not sure if it was safe to open dat files or if was possible.
The particular messages were for yahoo ids that are no longer in existence, so I was not able to do so via messenger. --- In [email protected], "LNVTM1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Where are the files? There are thousands of .dat (data) files kept for > nearly every aspect of your computer. > > Your YM archived chats are in this folder... > C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\Profiles\(your yahoo ID)\Archive > > Chats with each "friend" are kept in a different file folder and then each > days chats are in a separate .dat file starting with the date format > 20080527-(your yahoo ID) for today's chats. > > You can view these .dat files by using YM>Contacts Menu>Message Archive > where you will be able to look at them using YM. You can also right click > on the .dat file and "Open with..">Notepad, which will open the file and you > should be able to read any text associated with the file. There may also be > other computer coding in the file when reading it with Notepad that won't > show up when looking at the chat session using YM>Contacts Menu>Message > Archive feature. On your friends list, you can also right click on a > particular name and choose Message Archive and it will open the same Message > Archive window but directly to that friends name. > > > Lenny Vasbinder
