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all computer geeks! we need help! In a effort to make room on C drive we started moving archival folders to D drive. Low and behold we can’t open XML files of Windows Live Messenger conversations even when we move them back to Cdrive where we found them. Any answers? Thanks, guys!

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Oster: Gettin' It. offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 Add Friend #
Atlanta, GA, US | 2 years, 4 months ago (15 minutes after post)

Do you have MessageLog.xsl in My Documents/My Received Files/(ID+hash)/History?

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candp offline Verified User (3 years) Help.com Volunteer Moderator Long Term User Shouts: 114 Add Friend #
Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 4 months ago (26 minutes after post)

Oster, we figured it our with the path you sent us. how would you store a lot of XML conversation on D and still be able to open the XML files? Thanks, friend.

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Oster: Gettin' It. offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 Add Friend #
Atlanta, GA, US | 2 years, 4 months ago (40 minutes after post)

Last I heard, we can’t change the directory path to a different drive, but MS is “working on it”. I’m poking around to see there’s an update, workaround or fix.

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Oster: Gettin' It. offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 Add Friend #
Atlanta, GA, US | 2 years, 4 months ago (45 minutes after post)

Would you check you tools> options> messages and see if there is a “Save my conversations in this folder” option?

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candp offline Verified User (3 years) Help.com Volunteer Moderator Long Term User Shouts: 114 Add Friend #
Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 4 months ago (1 hour, 11 minutes after post)

Yes we did that but moved archival folders to D drive. moved them back and they wouldn’t open but traced our steps with your instruction and where able to open the files. thank you, young man!

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Ocelot offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 Add Friend #
Ventura, CA, US | 2 years, 4 months ago (5 hours, 8 minutes after post)

Sorry, I tip my hat to this problem, your usual geek has no clue.

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candp offline Verified User (3 years) Help.com Volunteer Moderator Long Term User Shouts: 114 Add Friend #
Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 4 months ago (15 hours, 17 minutes after post)

thank you, Blakeslee!

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Ame offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 2 Add Friend #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 4 months ago (20 hours, 56 minutes after post)

sorry buddy i would helped but i’m not MSN fan .. so i’ll pass this

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Compman offline Verified User (2 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 12 Add Friend #
Cape Town, 11, ZA | 2 years, 2 months ago (2 months, 2 weeks after post)

xml files are opened with Microsoft’s programs all you have to do is reinstall them so that it can reset the correct paths to your files.

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candp offline Verified User (3 years) Help.com Volunteer Moderator Long Term User Shouts: 114 Add Friend #
Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 2 months ago (2 months, 2 weeks after post)

Compman, Is there a way to store the files in D and still be able to access them through the program files?
Thank you, candp

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candp offline Verified User (3 years) Help.com Volunteer Moderator Long Term User Shouts: 114 Add Friend #
Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 2 months ago (2 months, 2 weeks after post)

Doesn’t make sense that you have trouble only on help.com. We will bring this up to the admins. maybe they can come up with an answer.

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