Saving message conversation

Can someone please tell me how to save all my conversations in Windows Live
Messenger. The message history box in options does not highlight when I try.

Greetings,

I'm not sure what you mean by doesn't highlight?

Regardless, what you can do is use Messenger Plus' logging instead, as it actually saves the
message history as you type it (as opposed to having to close the window like with the
built-in Messenger feature), and saves emoticons and formatting too:
http://www.msgpluslive.net

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"Cutebutt85" <> wrote in message
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> Can someone please tell me how to save all my conversations in Windows Live
> Messenger. The message history box in options does not highlight when I try.

The files should be here:
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER ACCOUNT]\My Documents\My Received
Files\[MESSENGER ACCOUNT]\History
stored as individual xml files (that you can open with notepad)

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by doesn't highlight?
>
> Regardless, what you can do is use Messenger Plus' logging instead, as it actually saves the
> message history as you type it (as opposed to having to close the window like with the
> built-in Messenger feature), and saves emoticons and formatting too:
> http://www.msgpluslive.net
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "Cutebutt85" <> wrote in message
> news:3DB11A36-7602-4BF6-8935-...
> > Can someone please tell me how to save all my conversations in Windows Live
> > Messenger. The message history box in options does not highlight when I try.
>
>
>

Hi,

The feature is not on by default.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"TimA" <> wrote in message
news:B297075F-DD81-464B-A92D-...
> The files should be here:
> C:\Documents and Settings\[USER ACCOUNT]\My Documents\My Received
> Files\[MESSENGER ACCOUNT]\History
> stored as individual xml files (that you can open with notepad)
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by doesn't highlight?
>>
>> Regardless, what you can do is use Messenger Plus' logging instead, as it actually saves
>> the
>> message history as you type it (as opposed to having to close the window like with the
>> built-in Messenger feature), and saves emoticons and formatting too:
>> http://www.msgpluslive.net
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>> "Cutebutt85" <> wrote in message
>> news:3DB11A36-7602-4BF6-8935-...
>> > Can someone please tell me how to save all my conversations in Windows Live
>> > Messenger. The message history box in options does not highlight when I try.
>>
>>
>>

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by doesn't highlight?
>
> Regardless, what you can do is use Messenger Plus' logging instead, as it actually saves the
> message history as you type it (as opposed to having to close the window like with the
> built-in Messenger feature), and saves emoticons and formatting too:
> http://www.msgpluslive.net
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "Cutebutt85" <> wrote in message
> news:3DB11A36-7602-4BF6-8935-...
> > Can someone please tell me how to save all my conversations in Windows Live
> > Messenger. The message history box in options does not highlight when I try.
>
>
> Thankyou Jonathan,
I have downloaded Messenger Plus and
will give it a try.

Brenda