Can I retrieve old message archives from an older version even after I upgrade to a new version?
Question by Jayla: Can I retrieve old message archives from an older version even after I upgrade to a new version?
I recently had to download yahoo messenger again due to my computer having a virus. My message archives dated back to 2006. Once I downloaded the latest version, it seems that message archive had been deleted or lost. Is there anyway that I can retrieve or view old message archives from the previous version ?
Best answer:
Answer by echinopsis .
The messenger archive is always saved on your own harddrive, usually in “CProgram FilesYahoo!MessengerProfiles”. By downloading another messenger, the old info was overwritten. If you do a system restore before the time where you installed the new messenger, you should get the old archive back (they are dat files). Copy the archive and move it to another location. Then you will have to download and install the messenger one more time and enable the archive feature. After enabling it, copy and paste the old archive to the location of the new, still empty archive – that should do it.
Be careful though, if you have the slightest suspicion that your archive may have been infected by the virus and if you did not get completely rid of the virus before the archive was lost, I would not try the method described above, it may be too risky then. Note: YA does not keep back-ups of your archive, you can’t get help from them.
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