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i renamed a folder to capital letters and now it has dissappeared - another case

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rjansky
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I also renamed a folder (in my case a sub-folder) from lower to all upper case and it disappeared. Unfortunately it contains important information, fortunately I have a backup profile. However, when replacing the current profile with the backup, TB proudly tells me on the status bar that it deleted the folder I'm trying to restore! Please help!

I also renamed a folder (in my case a sub-folder) from lower to all upper case and it disappeared. Unfortunately it contains important information, fortunately I have a backup profile. However, when replacing the current profile with the backup, TB proudly tells me on the status bar that it deleted the folder I'm trying to restore! Please help!
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rjansky
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Well, in the meanwhile I tried several options - with no success.

I can bring the backup profile on-line. But the moment TB connencts to the IMAP server, the subfolder is deleted. If I disconnect from the Internet and bring the backup profile on-line, I can see the folder I renamed. I can even go through the messages. I tried to move the messages back to the inbox while off-line and then to connect to the IMAP server, but then the subfolder is deleted. I tried to restore the folder from the backup using the ImportExportTool add-on, but there seems to be no option for my input files as the folder I'm trying to restore is in 2 files (one without extension and one .msf).

Is it really so easy to destroy a good tool by renaming a folder to all caps? And how can one use backups when the user makes a mistake, if when bringing the backup on-line, the user mistake is restored?

Please help.

Dejan_Zec
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I need a solution to this problem