How to clear out Boot Code characters from your
Yahoo Messenger Offline

Boot fix Windows95/98

  1. Open Windows Explorer Then go to C:\ProgramFiles\Yahoo!\Messenger\StoredIM
     
  2. Delete the newest dated file in there, This Should Fixed the problem
     
  3. If that does not work Delete all the files in there
    (You will lose any all you offline messages doing this)
     

Note: On some computers might be stored under Pager and not Messenger
          C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Pager\StoredIM

 

Extra Info on Yahoo Messenger Offline messages
Messages are store in C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\StoredIM
Each Message is stored as a 1k file that are encoded these files look like this 000979800961.hst

 

 

 

 

NEW NEW NEW --- Get my Utility Program for Clearing offline Messages

CLICK HERE TO DOWN LOAD v1.0 (Save to Disk)

about 40k bytes takes seconds to load

 

 

You may get this

click Ok
You will need to download this
Click here to Download Open and then Click Unzip
This Will install the need scint80.DLL
to your c:\windows\system

Then Click on The Messenger utility again

 

 

  

 

After you click
Clear Offline History

<<< This is what you will see

 

If you say Yes

<<< Then it will ask you
if your Very Sure

 

 

<<<Click NO

And you can delete history files one at a time

<<<if you want to show more details look

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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