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how can I point thunderbird to already existing files?

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Bill Murphy
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After losing my C drive and therefor the registry, I had to re-install Thunderbird. I place applications on my D: drive, and installed Thunderbird in the same folder it had been in before. Now I am trying to get it to recognize the local files in that folder. It looks like they have file types like .sbd, .msf, Eudora., and so forth. I've played with profiles, and had no luck getting Thunderbird to recognize those files.

What am I missing in this picture?

After losing my C drive and therefor the registry, I had to re-install Thunderbird. I place applications on my D: drive, and installed Thunderbird in the same folder it had been in before. Now I am trying to get it to recognize the local files in that folder. It looks like they have file types like .sbd, .msf, Eudora., and so forth. I've played with profiles, and had no luck getting Thunderbird to recognize those files. What am I missing in this picture?

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christ1
christ1
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What is the exact path of your profiles.ini file?

Please post the contents of profiles.ini.

What is the exact path of your profile folder?