Well.. if the .dat files are in your Message Archives, you'll be able to read them there.. which is through the YM program. Did you try opening the entire Message Archives window via the Contacts Menu? That will open a "Message Archives" window that is navigable to all past chats and you can sort it by date, name, etc.
Depending on the size of your archives and your computer speed, it could take a minute or so and while it's compiling the data the rest of YM will probably freeze up so don't open the Message Archives window while you are in the middle of chatting. Yours probably isn't that big since you only recently started archiving so it probably won't take long to open but as it grows over the years, it becomes a large data file. Lenny Vasbinder FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and files... https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI Check out how simple and secure it can be to use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up your most important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your computer. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 9:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Y!M] Re: yahoo chat recovery.. help me plzzz 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] <mailto:Yahoo_Messenger%40yahoogroups.com> , "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 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.24.1/1468 - Release Date: 5/26/2008 3:23 PM ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unsubscribe from Yahoo_Messenger mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Switch from Normal to Digest mail mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Switch from Normal to NoMail mail mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Switch from Digest or NoMail to Normal mail mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Write to the Moderators and Owner of the List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Suggestions for improvements to the List should be sent to the "owner" address listed above.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Yahoo_Messenger/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Yahoo_Messenger/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
