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Thunderbird transfer to new computer

maciej3
maciej3
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Good morning,

My computer recently was fried by a power surge. The HDD is unaffected, so I am looking to transfer my profile and email history to a new PC. I have Thunderbird installed on the new system. I have gone through and copied the "app data" in both local and roaming folders from the old HDD to the new computer. Still noting showing up when I launch Thunderbird, except to set up a new account. Any advice on how to get this up and running? Seems like the version on the old PC was not the same latest as I just downloaded on the new system.

Thank you,

Good morning, My computer recently was fried by a power surge. The HDD is unaffected, so I am looking to transfer my profile and email history to a new PC. I have Thunderbird installed on the new system. I have gone through and copied the "app data" in both local and roaming folders from the old HDD to the new computer. Still noting showing up when I launch Thunderbird, except to set up a new account. Any advice on how to get this up and running? Seems like the version on the old PC was not the same latest as I just downloaded on the new system. Thank you,

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Wayne Mery
Wayne Mery
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So you used https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer ?

maciej3
maciej3 Nkolo motuna
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I found this article that helped resolve the situation: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_profile_folder_-_Thunderbird Thank you

День сумо
День сумо
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Thank you for using Thunderbird.


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