Re: Large number of files in Messenger and Windows Live
- From: "P. Di Stolfo" <paolodistolfo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 22:56:16 +0200
Hello,
I've got about 70 files there. What version of Windows Live Messenger are you using? WLM 8.1 shouldn't produce such a waste.
Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
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"Jande9" <Jande9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:2D647C89-642D-4267-81C0-9CAA586F05B7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Hi,
I found a bunch of these files.
They are under username\local settings\application data\microsoft\windows
live contacts\shadow\ignored
This is a hidden directory. It seems to create a file for every time a
contact logs on and we ignore it.
It contains about 25,000 files per user, and we have 3 heavy users and one
light user in this house, so you can see how we got so many extra files.
It just slows down my anti virus and spyware scans so I am deleting them.
I hope to find a way to stop Windows Live from storing this info. It is
just a useless waste of hard drive if you ask me.
Jan
"P. Di Stolfo" wrote:
Hello,
which type of files are there? Are that normal files that were sent between
chat partners, or the Messenger contact history files?
If you don't want to keep your message history, go to menu Tools ->
Options -> Messages -> Message history.
The folder where the transferred files are stored can be changed in Tools ->
Options -> File Transfer.
Of course, you can delete old/obsolete files you don't want to keep.
Hope this helps.
Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
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"Jande9" <Jande9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:4676887D-DFB4-49BB-8344-F9D0EC12E976@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> I have 4 people in our house who use MSN and Windows Live. These > programs
> have accumulated a huge number of files in Documents and Settings which
> severely slow down my spyware and virus scans. There are over 50,000
> files
> in there.
>
> Is there any way I can manage these files to reduce their number, > either
> through Windows Live or MSN, or are there any guidelines for simply
> deleting
> old and obsolete ones?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jan
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