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Why do I have 6 Thunderbird profiles??

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I wanted to back up my Thunderbird profile so I searched for %appdata% and found that I have 6 different profiles. I'm the only one using this computer... why 6 ?? Besides the usual name of the profiles (numbers and characters), some have dot default after the name and some have dot default-release. I didn't create these... where did they come from and which one contains my primary profile with my email folders, etc.?? Thanks in advance.

I wanted to back up my Thunderbird profile so I searched for %appdata% and found that I have 6 different profiles. I'm the only one using this computer... why 6 ?? Besides the usual name of the profiles (numbers and characters), some have '''dot default '''after the name and some have '''dot default-release.''' I didn't create these... where did they come from and which one contains my primary profile with my email folders, etc.?? Thanks in advance.

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sfhowes
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Launch TB, select Help/More Troubleshooting, click about:profiles at the bottom of Application Basics. The profile in use is indicated. If you don't need the others, which were probably created during a faulty update, they can be deleted.