ICQ contact list

[hackercarlos]

Hi. I would like to know how to back up my ICQ contact list. The ICQ that I am using is ICQ 2000a.

The FAQ on the ICQ site said the there is a folder by the name of "Newdb" and that is the folder to back up that contains the contact list but I could not find the folder. I also did a file and folder search but it is no there or anywhere on my hard drive.

Please help.

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For breakfast I fry my eggs on an overclocked pentium.

My ICQ # is 75372630

[reboot]

Go to NoNags and do a search for ICQ. There's a backup proggy there for free.

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[Danny G]

Not hard to do at all matey. Here goes:

Go to services button then message archive and open it - (top option)

Then at the bottom of your message archive you will have a folder called xxxxxx's Address Book. Right click on that and chose export address book. To bring in more contacts use the same procedure just choose import.

Hope this helps.

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[glc]

In my ICQ 2000 there is a folder called "2000A" which has the database.

[hackercarlos]

Thanks for the help Danny G and glc.

BTW Danny G. I was not able to export the address book until I downloaded the "Message Archive plug-in."

Thanks again.

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For breakfast I fry my eggs on an overclocked pentium.

My ICQ # is 75372630

[kakerjak]

It's simple.
You just hafta make a copy of the 2000a and UIN folders in your ICQ folder.
Thats what I backup when I reinstall.

-kakerjak