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If enabled, MSN Messenger stores your message history in a relatively obscure location, but it's easily discovered.
Where is the message History File saved?
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I'll assume you mean MSN Messenger.
Fire up Messenger, Select Tools, Options, Messages, and near the bottom of that dialog you'll find the Message History setting. Enable that and you can see where the message history files are stored or specify the location yourself.
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June 10, 2010 7:16 PM
You explained how to find my chat history (conversations) on my pc but are my conversations stored only on MY PC or like my emails on MSN's big computer because if it's like emails: can I read my conversations from any pc?
10-Jun-2010
June 24, 2010 5:11 AM
i have set my msn messenger so that my conversations are saved, but i cant find them back in the received documents map and my father is also able to find my msn conversations when i havent even saved them in the received documents map. how are both situations possible?
October 16, 2010 3:05 PM
hiiii... i have unchecked the bar tht says automatically save my conversations on msn... but still there is some wayy my brother cann recover my chat historyy... please suggest me a way to to delete alll myy msn chat historyy.. or could it be get deleted if i reinstall my windows?? i would really appreciate your answer thanks
April 17, 2011 10:11 AM
the stock file extension that it saves to is C:\Users\(your user)\Documents\My Received Files\
thats what a lot of the comments were asking
September 21, 2012 5:16 AM
Where are the history files or conversations filed on my mobile?
If I deleted them, are they gone for good?