Modern social networks and messengers have long contain all the correspondence of users on their servers. ICQ can not boast of it. So in order to find the correspondence story with someone, you will need to dig in the memory of the computer.
Storage of the history of correspondence
ICQ and related messengers are still stored by the correspondence history on the user's computer. Currently, a similar approach is already considered to be outdated due to the fact that the user will not be able to access correspondence with the interlocutors, using not the device on which this conversation was originally conducted.At the same time, it is believed that such a system has its advantages. For example, in this way, the information is more protected from outside access, which makes the messenger more closed from extraneous penetration to the secret of correspondence. Moreover, now the developers of all customers work not only to hide the correspondence history of plotting in the subsidiary of a computer, but also encrypt files to be difficult not only to read, but in general, to discover them among other technical files.
As a result, the story is stored in the computer. Depending on the program running with the ICQ service, the location of the desired folder can be different.
History in ICQ.
With the official client of ICQ cases, things are very difficult, because here the developers tried to fame so that the personal correspondence files are safe.
In the program itself, it is impossible to find out the location of the file with history. Here you can only specify a folder for storing downloaded files.
But the carriers of the history of correspondence are more deeper and more difficult. What is characteristic, the location of these files changes with each version.
The latest version of the messenger in which the history of messages can be obtained without any problems - 7.2. The required folder is located at:
C: \ Users \ [Username] \ APPDATA \ ROAMING \ ICQ \ [UIN UIN] \ Messages.QDB
In the new version, ICQ 8, the location has changed again. According to the comments of the developers, it is done to protect information and user correspondence. Now the correspondence is kept here:
C: \ Users \ [Username] \ APPDATA \ ROAMING \ ICQ \ [User Number] \ Archive \
Here you can see a huge number of folders, the names of which are uin numbers of interlocutors in the ICQ client. Of course, each user matches its folder. Each stored 4 files. The file "_db2" and contains the history of correspondence. It all opens with any text editor.
Any communication here is encrypted. Separate phrases pull out from here, but it will not be easy.
It is best to use this file to insert on the same path to another device, or use as a backup to delete your program.
Conclusion
It is strongly recommended to have backup copies of the program dialogs if it contains important information. In case of loss, you will need to simply insert a file from the correspondence where it must be, and all messages will be back in the program. It is not as convenient how to read dialogs from the server, as is done on social networks, but at least something.