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Unable to backup using Mozbackup on Thunderbird with new Telco

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Hi there, I switched Telco's a month ago, and changed my email address. I have used Mozbackup for Thunderbird for years successfully, however I can't get it to backup my current email address and emails. I tried a restore on Thunderbird, and it restored my previous Telco's email address. I uninstalled Thunderbird, and Mozbackup, ran ccleaner and deleted the folders from my registry, and rebooted. I ensured I have the latest version of Thunderbird, reinstalled both Thunderbird and Mozbackup. I set up Thunderbird with my new email address only, the old, defunct on is just not in the settings any more. I used Thunderbird for about a week, then did a backup. I then created a restore point (Windows 10) and attempted a 'restore' using Mozbackup. It restored my old email address, which is no longer in Thunderbird. I had to use my restore point to return my current settings. I really want to be able to backup, and would appreciate some help. Thanks in advance.

Hi there, I switched Telco's a month ago, and changed my email address. I have used Mozbackup for Thunderbird for years successfully, however I can't get it to backup my current email address and emails. I tried a restore on Thunderbird, and it restored my previous Telco's email address. I uninstalled Thunderbird, and Mozbackup, ran ccleaner and deleted the folders from my registry, and rebooted. I ensured I have the latest version of Thunderbird, reinstalled both Thunderbird and Mozbackup. I set up Thunderbird with my new email address only, the old, defunct on is just not in the settings any more. I used Thunderbird for about a week, then did a backup. I then created a restore point (Windows 10) and attempted a 'restore' using Mozbackup. It restored my old email address, which is no longer in Thunderbird. I had to use my restore point to return my current settings. I really want to be able to backup, and would appreciate some help. Thanks in advance.

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Gnospen said

MozBackup hasn't been updated for 20 month. And is not cleared to work on Win 10. (It might thou) I suggest you delete or move your old backups so Moz cant find them. Make a backup of your new settings and try to restore it. You could read the backup files and unzip them if you like to check. They are simple zip-files.

Thank you so much for your help, and the links Gnospen, I really appreciate it :)

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MozBackup hasn't been updated for 20 month. And is not cleared to work on Win 10. (It might thou) I suggest you delete or move your old backups so Moz cant find them. Make a backup of your new settings and try to restore it.

You could read the backup files and unzip them if you like to check. They are simple zip-files.

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Gnospen said

MozBackup hasn't been updated for 20 month. And is not cleared to work on Win 10. (It might thou) I suggest you delete or move your old backups so Moz cant find them. Make a backup of your new settings and try to restore it. You could read the backup files and unzip them if you like to check. They are simple zip-files.

Thank you so much for your help, and the links Gnospen, I really appreciate it :)

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Gnospen, the beta version doesn't work for me. Is there any other program I can use for backup of Thunderbird? **Edit and a bookmark backup for Firefox? I haven't been able to find anything Many thanks :)

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I didn't update to win 10, don't like MS policies like autoupdate etc. But I've been using Kaosmos ImportExportTools and has it set to make a backup every 3rd day. and only changed files. (once in a while I change it to make a full backup)

You could make your own backup-cmd, Just copy your entire profile into a zip-container. Mozbackup is doing that but leaves some files that would be recreated anyway out.. Open your old mozbackup-file in 7zip or what you have.

And in Firefox, if you open show all bookmarks under bookmarks you'll find an import/export alternative