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  • baddog
    So Fucking Banned
    • Apr 2001
    • 107089
    #1

    ICQ Pros please help

    ICQ just took a giant shit on me. Froze up, then said I had some runtime error.

    I rebooted and it did not help, so I ran a scandisk, which found errors and fixed, then I rebooted again.

    Now, ICQ loads, but treats me like I am a new user. I got it to restore my contact list (thank God), however, I have no history for anyone. Not too good.

    Anyone have any idea what file is my history and how I can restore it?

    Thank you in advance.
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    • JFK
      FUBAR the ORIGINATOR
      • Jan 2002
      • 67369
      #2
      how many people do you have on there, mine kept fucking up the last few days, deleted a few old names I havent talked to in a while its fine now,. As for your other question I dont know

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        • chupachups
          Confirmed User
          • Dec 2002
          • 6576
          #3
          yes, check program files/icq/ and you will find a few files named youruinnumber.idx (or similar) - those files contain your history. If you cant get them to work in icq, there are "history readers" (freeware) that you could use.

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            • Doctor T
              Confirmed User
              • Apr 2003
              • 334
              #4
              There used to be a conversion tool that would pull in all your history from older versions after you updated. I used to use that to pull in my historys when swapping computers, or just when ICQ would take a crap on me. Dunno if they still do that, I've been using trillian for years.

              I do remember the history files were all named by the persons icq number. So if you just go into the install dir, and search for someones number you should be able to find where those files are.

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                • baddog
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Apr 2001
                  • 107089
                  #5
                  Originally posted by JFK
                  how many people do you have on there, mine kept fucking up the last few days, deleted a few old names I havent talked to in a while its fine now,. As for your other question I dont know

                  whatever the max is . . I have to delete people to add new ones

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                    • baddog
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Apr 2001
                      • 107089
                      #6
                      Originally posted by chupachups
                      yes, check program files/icq/ and you will find a few files named youruinnumber.idx (or similar) - those files contain your history. If you cant get them to work in icq, there are "history readers" (freeware) that you could use.
                      I found that, but it is too small and I can see up increase in size with every comment I make now. Looked thru my recycle bin and it isn't there either . . . guess I am screwed

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                        • chupachups
                          Confirmed User
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 6576
                          #7
                          Originally posted by baddog
                          I found that, but it is too small and I can see up increase in size with every comment I make now. Looked thru my recycle bin and it isn't there either . . . guess I am screwed
                          should be a .dat-file I think. Check that instead.

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                            • baddog
                              So Fucking Banned
                              • Apr 2001
                              • 107089
                              #8
                              Originally posted by chupachups
                              should be a .dat-file I think. Check that instead.
                              The dat file with my ICQ number just seems to show info on everyone on my list. I see some history, but just from the 2 people I have talked to since I restored ICQ

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                                • Evil Doer
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Dec 2004
                                  • 915
                                  #9
                                  what was the run-time error?
                                  see sig above mine

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                                    • baddog
                                      So Fucking Banned
                                      • Apr 2001
                                      • 107089
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Evil Doer
                                      what was the run-time error?

                                      honestly don't recall . . . seem to recall it said something about c++, but it was hidden partially

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                                        • digifan
                                          The Profiler
                                          • Oct 2002
                                          • 14618
                                          #11
                                          looks like it works fine if the ones you are chatting are not in DND mode
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                                            • baddog
                                              So Fucking Banned
                                              • Apr 2001
                                              • 107089
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by digifan
                                              looks like it works fine if the ones you are chatting are not in DND mode

                                              No, I lost ALL of my history for the past couple of years

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                                                • digifan
                                                  The Profiler
                                                  • Oct 2002
                                                  • 14618
                                                  #13
                                                  Same here... I don't think we can do anything about it
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                                                    • baddog
                                                      So Fucking Banned
                                                      • Apr 2001
                                                      • 107089
                                                      #14
                                                      yeah . . . I am pretty much resigned to it . . . just not very happy about it

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                                                        • SGS
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Dec 2002
                                                          • 5176
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by baddog
                                                          yeah . . . I am pretty much resigned to it . . . just not very happy about it
                                                          Not a lot of help now but why not use this as the time to switch to Trillian Pro? We use it on everything here and have done for years.
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                                                            • baddog
                                                              So Fucking Banned
                                                              • Apr 2001
                                                              • 107089
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by SGS
                                                              Not a lot of help now but why not use this as the time to switch to Trillian Pro? We use it on everything here and have done for years.
                                                              Primarily because I know that people with Trillian that try to get authorization from ICQ peeps have a 50-50 chance of getting thru.

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                                                                • chadglni
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Dec 2002
                                                                  • 6924
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by baddog
                                                                  Primarily because I know that people with Trillian that try to get authorization from ICQ peeps have a 50-50 chance of getting thru.
                                                                  Never had a problem with authorization getting through but before being authorized a lot of messages drop for spam.


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                                                                    • baddog
                                                                      So Fucking Banned
                                                                      • Apr 2001
                                                                      • 107089
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by chadglni
                                                                      Never had a problem with authorization getting through but before being authorized a lot of messages drop for spam.

                                                                      well, I know a lot of people have requested authorization from me, that I never got, and they were using Trillian . . . so 2+2= . . .

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