can i find cleared messenger archives anywhere?
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Try looking in: C:&#92; Program Files &#92; Yahoo! &#92; Messenger &#92; Profiles &#92; YourYahooID &#92; Archive\n\nIf not, use a file undeleter for the end folder.
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you can try"http://www.e-messenger.net/"
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go to File, than View message history, than choose the contact, and click OK
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You can retrieve previous messages only if you have the archiving feature turned on. Here's how to do it.\n\n1. On your Messenger client window, click on Messenger.\n\n2. Select Archive on the left hand side.\n\n3. On the Archive options, click either on "Yes, save all of my messages" or "Yes, save all of my messages, but clear them each time I sign out".\n\n4. Click OK and you're done.
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1.uninstall messenger\n2.go to start>search files and folders >here type in Yahoo\n3.delete everything that shows in the search place\n4 last,redownload messenger.problem solved
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I am using msn ver 7.5, and you can find it similar in other version:\n\n1. Tools > options\n2. Select Message\n3. Uncheck "Automatically keep a history of my conversations"\n4. By default, all previous conversation would be saved in C:&#92;Documents and Settings&#92;[user name]&#92;My Documents&#92;My Received Files&#92;[some random name]&#92;History. You might wanna check and delete them, if you wish.\n\nHope it helps...
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You may have a corrupt file in your Messenger directory. \nTo fix the problem, you must manually delete the Messenger directory on your C: drive (default), then reinstall the Messenger program. \nClose the Messenger program & make sure all instances of Internet Explorer are closed. \n\nGo to your desktop and double-click on My Computer. \nClick on C: drive. \n\nGo to: \n\nC:&#92;Program Files&#92;Yahoo!&#92; \nHighlight the Messenger folder and press the Delete key on your keyboard. (All archives will be deleted if they are not copied. Please see below.) \nThe next step is to install: \nClose all running programs except for your Internet browser. \n\nPlease visit the Messenger home page: \nhttp://messenger.yahoo.com/ \n\nClick the Get it now button. \nTo copy your complete Message Archive: \nClose Messenger (if it is currently running). \n\nGo to your Desktop and double-click My Computer. \nSelect the C: drive. \n\nGo to: \n\nC:&#92;Program Files&#92;Yahoo!&#92;Messenger&#92;Profiles \nYour Profiles folder contains your complete Message Archive. Copy it to the same location on another machine if you wish to view it elsewhere.
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tools>internet options>'content' tab>Auto Complete>clear forms\n\nAlso, uncheck the boxes, and it won't save the history anymore.
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Yahoo! Archives messages under the profiles section of the install directory. If you have cleared the archives, those messages are deleted, although there are still remnants of user names throughout your system via logs, and registry entries.
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Clean your system registry using CCleaner or any other registry cleaner and download a new setup file of your messenger..
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Try here... www.oldapps.com    then look for yahoo messenger
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Go to C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/History and clear all files over there. This will help you out.
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http://www.oldapps.com/yahoo_messenger.htm\n\nhas 7.0 and 7.5 no 7.1, but I thought I'd post it anyway
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If you are talking about yahoo messenger you can find that at yahoo preferences. at archive you will find that .\n\nif you want to keep it chose yes, save all my message archive . if you don't like to keep it chose No, don't save any of my message.\n\nthere is a bottom that allow you to clear the message history
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OK..ready?..C/program files/Yahoo/Messenger/profiles/your screen name/Archive/messages...this will give you a list but you will have to do a bit more work to be able to read them
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I happened to suffer from the same problem as you are. While discussing with a fellow researcher on Yahoo messenger, we exchanged some mathematical formulas and some ideas. By mistake i cleared the yahoo messgae archive by clicking on the button accidently. The archive was of huge importance to me. I followed the following steps :\n\n(1) Kept my computer open without fiddling with it\n(2) Changed the internet explorer cache folder to a different partition.\n(3) Downloaded Stellar Phonix recovery manager. I use it because you don't need to install it, which could over write files on your hard disk.\n(4) Searched for the deleted files and found the archive file of yahoo messenger. Their extension is .dat\n(5) Recovered the files and put them back in their directory\n\nIts working as on now.
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Do u have the archives on? If you do.. all ur messages are stored there. You can set the limit as to the number of days u want them to be stored.