Moving ICQ 5.1 History

If you're like me and do most of your co-worker communication through ICQ 5.1 then you should find this information helpful if you plan to move computers. Even if your just reinstalling ICQ or reformatting your computer this is handy to know.

My computer is starting to get its annual lag so it calls for a reformat. I like to keep all my ICQ history since it is business related. Here are the steps I had to follow:

1. Shut down ICQ

2. The history is stored in the folder ICQ Lite under the Documents and Settings folder (Usually under: C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR NAME\Application Data\ICQLite).

3. Copy the folder to a disk or a temporary location that you can recover afterwards.

4. Once you reinstall ICQ on a new computer or perhaps after a reformat of your current computer, just replace the two folders in your application data\icqlite folder with the ones you backed up.

5. Restart ICQ and your history should be there.