How do I retrieve all my local folders and their contents when the automatic Windows 10 updates require me to reinstall the OS and I lose all my apps?
Every time Windows 10 automatically sabotages...errrrr...I mean updates my machine, i end up having to reinstall the OS. And every time that happens I lose all my apps. I use all the backup processes Windows provides, plus I occasionally copy every file and store them on a hard drive. But I can never seem to rebuild my folders and find all their contents. Sometimes I can find a lot of the contents but not all.
The problem for me is that I am an attorney, and count on my emails for communications. I often must refer to an old email. Every since I got stuck with Windows 10, this has become difficult due to the problem cause by that miserable OS.
Is there any way I can copy all my folders and contents onto a hard drive, and then use those copies to rebuild the folders in Thunderbird?
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If you backup the Thunderbird folder, it is simply a matter of copying it onto a new or existing Windows installation (or another computer) to restore your mail data:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer
The default location of the relevant Thunderbird folder is:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird
Enable the viewing of hidden files and folders to see the AppData folder.
Hi erniecicco
If sfhowes' posting helps you, please mark it as a solution. Thanks.
Thank you for your responses. However, the problem goes deeper: I was aware of how to open the folders as described above. What I have found is that all but a very small number of files and folders are not there. It's as if what has been conserved is just sort of a test showing the system works, even though it does not. Also, each of the 3 times times this has occurred, the number of and which files and folders remaining is different, so it doesn't appear to be tied to the specific files and folders.
Are you looking in C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Thunderbird ? That folder only contains cached data and is not important for backup purposes.