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Backup

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smithassoc
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Hi, Can I have help on thunderbird How do I backup All Folders,Emails & setting The Reason being,several times over the last 6 months,I have had to use my Backup (for Windows 10) as it crashes I loose ever thing from the date of my last Backup of C Drive for which some of the Emails & Folders are extremely Important Thanks Darryl

Hi, Can I have help on thunderbird How do I backup All Folders,Emails & setting The Reason being,several times over the last 6 months,I have had to use my Backup (for Windows 10) as it crashes I loose ever thing from the date of my last Backup of C Drive for which some of the Emails & Folders are extremely Important Thanks Darryl

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Help/Troubleshooting, Profile Folder, Open Folder, to open the profile folder. Close TB and copy the profile folder to a backup location. To restore, delete the contents of the current profile folder (not the folder) and copy in the contents of the backup profile folder. The current and backup profile folders may have different names, e.g. sbre1234.default and ycvr6743,default, but the structure inside is the same. If you don't want to completely overwrite the current profile, parts of the backup can be imported without affecting the current data.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-thunderbird-stores-user-data#w_backing-up-a-profile

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Help/Troubleshooting, Profile Folder, Open Folder, to open the profile folder. Close TB and copy the profile folder to a backup location. To restore, delete the contents of the current profile folder (not the folder) and copy in the contents of the backup profile folder. The current and backup profile folders may have different names, e.g. sbre1234.default and ycvr6743,default, but the structure inside is the same. If you don't want to completely overwrite the current profile, parts of the backup can be imported without affecting the current data.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-thunderbird-stores-user-data#w_backing-up-a-profile

smithassoc
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Thank you, It has saved me a lot of Frustration & loss of Data Darryl