Skype App Data Folder Missing (directs me to Roottools instead)

Hello BriannaMiller,

Welcome to Skype Community forum!

We understand that you want to copy the logs of your Skype account from the old device to the new one.

Did you copy the entire Skype name folder that you have on the old computer and save it on a USB? The link you have provided is the right way to transfer the logs, though the conversation are stored on cloud for the last 30 days. You can access it whenever you signed in with any device.

I guess that you have now the new Microsoft Skype for Windows 10 (Skype UWP) application installed.

https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA34664/finding-your-way-around-skype-for-windows-10?platform=uwp

Location of the Profile folder in Skype UWP is different.

%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.SkypeApp_kzf8qxf38zg5c\LocalState\

To get your old chat history transplated to the new Skype for Windows 10, you should paste the main.db file from the old Skype, to the new Profile location.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/skype_win10-skype_messms/skype-for-windows-10-chat-history-not-displaying/f09c65e4-d76e-4c30-8c4c-fba6c26a72d8

However, it may be also easier for you to continue to use the classic Skype for Windows Desktop, where the location of the Profile folder is the same as on your old computer. You can install the classic Skype using this link:

http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-full

This was very helpful! I managed to get my logs on the app, as I can see them when I search for a keyword, the only problem I have now is when I try and go to older logs it wont scroll up the chat history far enough.

So where should I go from here? Is there something I can do to get the app to function or am I ditching it entirely and just going back to the desktop. (I have the desktop version downloaded as well for safe keeping, but the logs dont show up on there yet).

Hi. I have a Windows 10 and I recently deleted a conversation on skype that i would like to get back.

When I went through most of the steps listed here, they worked until i got to main.db and it would not open. Is there any way to work around this?

After the Microsoft Skype for Windows 10 (Skype UWP) was updated to the 12.X version, the location of the local chat history has changed . Chats are no longer saved in the main.db file but in skype.db file.

%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.SkypeApp_kzf8qxf38zg5c\LocalState\<Skype Name>\skype.db

This means that transferring chats from the classic Skype to Skype UWP is no longer possible.

If you have deleted the conversation using Microsoft Skype for Windows 10 (the 12.X version) then this conversation is deleted both locally and from the Cloud. If this conversation was not saved on any other device, then it can no longer be retrieved.