How do i clear the ids in the Contact Search Bar in the yahoo messenger main window?

[jayjo]

How do i clear the ids in the Contact Search Bar in the yahoo messenger main window? clearing the list of names in the Contact search bar of yahoo messenger main window

[~ * bee * ~]

if you are meaning the list that expands, (directly above your friends list) where it has the rotating text "Type a Yahoo! ID" or "Type an email address" or "Type a mobile number" then try the following if you dont wish to remove all your cache contents, some of which are quite helpful....the only way I know of is clearing the entire list (rather than individual ID's listed) is to pop into your Yahoo! Cache directory located at....C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\Cacheit's going to depend on if you have logged in using one default ID or mutilple ID's, if one then there will be one file, if multiple, then there will be multiple files... one for each ID you have usedthe file you need to delete will look something like...Ex4PoBU5oaXdyQjk0tQ_FQ--.conversationhistory.xmlthe..."Ex4PoBU5oaXdyQjk0tQ _FQ" part will be completely different though, so just look for any / all files ending with... conversationhistory.xmlright click and delete each file, or if you're worried about deleting just rename the extension instead e.g{name}.conversationhistory.xmlwould become{name}.conversationhistory.OLDwhen you sign out of yahoo messenger a new conversationhistory.xml file will be created clearing your list btw... the file name....Ex4PoBU5oaXdyQjk0tQ_FQ--.conversationhistory.xmlis actually all one line but answers is cutting it off due to length...e.g Ex4PoBU5oaXdyQjk0tQ_FQ--.conve...if the above is unclear just check out http://www.wackyb.co.nz/Yahoo!_Messe...ps_%26_Tricks/ head to the bottom of the page and you will supporting graphics for it

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