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I signed onto aim and it said it auto made a backup of my buddy list. I just reinstalled aim today and its never done this b4? Why did it do it now? I cant find the file, I closed it b4 i searched for the file that it stated..i tried searching and i cant find it
how do i prevent it from doing this? do i need to uninstall my aim?
What is the name of the file, including the extension? “backup.txt” “bl.blt” “userinfo.bag”
What specific version of AIM are you using? 5.2.3292, 5.5.3599, 5.9.6089, 6.0.28.1, etc?
My initial thoughts are that deleting it won’t do any harm; with the 5.x series, a new “backup” (if you want to call it that) is made on any computer you sign onto. Give me some more info though, and I or someone else can give you concrete answers.
You’re fine deleting that file, because your buddylist is stored online. As for uninstalling, I’m not sure if it removes itself or not–where is the file located?
Well, there’s another file “backup” (if you want to call it that, but it isn’t a backup) with 5.x that is made, called userinfo.bag, and those won’t be uninstalled when you uninstall AIM. It’s located in C:Documents and Settingsyour XP nameApplication DataAimrandomyour screen name
Open it with notepad…right-click and “open with”. It’s formatted by AIM, but you’ll be able to see your buddylist even though it’s ugly.
haha, make sure of what you delete. Half of the stuff in there is probably just logs [those are saved conversations] but also, this is what i believe current settings mean, those are the saved settings – the settings for sound [on/off muted/unmuted] the saved names of contacts [or not if you dont have that option] etc.
To be safe, don’t delete anything unless you for sure know what you’re actually deleting… and i can assure you it takes up less space on a computer than a period in a thesis.
In the application data folder, you can delete anything, but it’ll just be recreated…so that isn’t worth messing with, unless you’re down to just 5megs of space on your hard drive and can’t find anything else to delete.
In the AIM program files folder, I can’t tell you everything, because I haven’t done that in a long time. The only reason I can think of doing that is to speed up the initial load-time of AIM. It won’t make much of a difference unless you’re on a 500mhz machine. Even still, doing so will disable certain features of AIM, and if you accidentally access them, sometimes AIM will crash.
If you’re wanting a minimal version of AIM, there are two excellent choices that are standalone exe’s: TerraIM and miniAIM
Welcome to TerraIM :: The AIM/ICQ alternative
miniaim :: A Tiny, TOC-based AIM Client
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