History files.

Guilherme · 08-29-2005, 01:08 PM

Where does Gtalk save the conversation history files?

I didn't find it...

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Lupine1647 · 08-29-2005, 05:46 PM

In XP go to Documents and Settings>Your User Folder>Local Settings>Application Data>Google>Google Talk>chatlogs

Problem is that they're encrypted.

Guilherme · 08-29-2005, 05:59 PM

Thanks!

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Adam · 09-01-2005, 05:18 AM

Has anyone worked out what method of encryption is used? It'd be very handy to decrypt it so that they could be viewed for reference, like MSN Messenger's logs (they are XML).

Jack.J.Haibin · 09-04-2005, 12:51 AM

That's not have the whole history message,just the new message.

Wumpus · 09-04-2005, 02:15 AM

Download 'Decode Chat History' at http://www.customizetalk.com/pages/i...page=downloads. The sourcecode is published in the forums.

pndfam05 · 09-09-2005, 10:41 AM

The GTalk history files are not encrypted. They are in a JABBER format, which is similar to HTML, and XML except that the control characters are represented in hexadecimal format.

Try the Decode chat history listed above as a place to start. Or you can open the log file is Notepad and then search for the hexadecimal values and replace them with the ASCII equivalent. The log file is a lot easier to read that way.

In order to do this you'll need to know that the hex control characters start with % and include the 2 characters that immediately follow where the hex value is actually just the two characters (no%).

You'll also need a means to translate that hex value into its corresponding ASCII value. this is usually in the form of an ASCII conversion table. One can be found at http://www.lookuptables.com.

pndfam05 · 09-09-2005, 10:43 AM

Does anyone know what the filenaming convention is for GTalk chat logs?

Specifically, what does the hex value at the beginning of the file represent?

happyhacker81 · 09-11-2005, 10:51 PM

hey .. i can't find gtalk hestory file in Documents and Settings>Your User Folder>Local Settings>Application Data>Google>Google Talk>chatlogs ...i also used google earth & there is only google earth folder in those location .. what happen to me? ..my pc is XP SP2 ...

pndfam05 · 09-12-2005, 06:11 AM

Then I suggest you open Windows Explorer and search your hard drive for:

"*[your gmail username]*.log", in my case I used "*pndfam05*.log" with no quotes.

Please let me know where you find your files.

If you have none then perhaps you've not set GTalk to save chat.

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pndfam05 Noogle Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	GTalk log files The GTalk history files are not encrypted. They are in a JABBER format, which is similar to HTML, and XML except that the control characters are represented in hexadecimal format. Try the Decode chat history listed above as a place to start. Or you can open the log file is Notepad and then search for the hexadecimal values and replace them with the ASCII equivalent. The log file is a lot easier to read that way. In order to do this you'll need to know that the hex control characters start with % and include the 2 characters that immediately follow where the hex value is actually just the two characters (no%). You'll also need a means to translate that hex value into its corresponding ASCII value. this is usually in the form of an ASCII conversion table. One can be found at http://www.lookuptables.com.

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Lupine1647 Elite Googler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 1,065 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	In XP go to Documents and Settings>Your User Folder>Local Settings>Application Data>Google>Google Talk>chatlogs Problem is that they're encrypted.

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Adam Senior Googler Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Dunstable, England Posts: 139 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Has anyone worked out what method of encryption is used? It'd be very handy to decrypt it so that they could be viewed for reference, like MSN Messenger's logs (they are XML).

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Jack.J.Haibin Noogle Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That's not have the whole history message,just the new message.

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happyhacker81 Googler Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: localhost Posts: 52 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	hey .. i can't find gtalk hestory file in Documents and Settings>Your User Folder>Local Settings>Application Data>Google>Google Talk>chatlogs ...i also used google earth & there is only google earth folder in those location .. what happen to me? ..my pc is XP SP2 ...

09-12-2005, 06:11 AM	#10 (permalink)
pndfam05 Noogle Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Then I suggest you open Windows Explorer and search your hard drive for: "[your gmail username].log", in my case I used "pndfam05.log" with no quotes. Please let me know where you find your files. If you have none then perhaps you've not set GTalk to save chat.

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