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I changed computers, Thunderbird no longer contains the contents of my address book. It is empty.

NKSFineartist
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All of my folders and messages survived the migration. My address book is gone. Nothing in it--no personal addresses, no groups, no collected addresses--except what I just added manually to send an email. And it isn't collecting addresses either. I am actually considering copying my address book from the old computer and pasting it onto a document to email to myself, I don't have time for this. Should I uninstall and reinstall an older version of Thunderbird, then download updates to the older version? Is this even a remotely possible solution? Very frustrated. Feeling like Mozilla is betraying me...

All of my folders and messages survived the migration. My address book is gone. Nothing in it--no personal addresses, no groups, no collected addresses--except what I just added manually to send an email. And it isn't collecting addresses either. I am actually considering copying my address book from the old computer and pasting it onto a document to email to myself, I don't have time for this. Should I uninstall and reinstall an older version of Thunderbird, then download updates to the older version? Is this even a remotely possible solution? Very frustrated. Feeling like Mozilla is betraying me...

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Did you move you addressbook to the new computer. If not, that is your job not Thunderbird's. This thread has instructions. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1046973

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Did you move you addressbook to the new computer. If not, that is your job not Thunderbird's. This thread has instructions. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1046973

NKSFineartist
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Okay, so this time it worked. Thanx.