Error "inbox folder too large for destination" 5.5GB - trying to copy Thunderbird folder (33.1GB) to 128GB flash
Trying to migrate to new computer. Copying the .../AppData/Roaming/Thunderbird folder (33GB) to a flash drive (128GB). Also get the same error on the "Sent" folder and then the copy process aborts. Yes, TB is not running. I tried several times with the same problem. However, I was able to copy the TB folder to another spot on my hard drive.
I was successful in copying a 22.4MB folder (music) to the flash drive, which incidentally, is brand new.
I am perplexed! The only thing that I noticed was that the "username" folder (.../username/AppData/Roaming) had a lock symbol on it. But as I said, I was successful copying this huge folder to another spot on my hard drive.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am running on a Windows 7 pro machine and need to move this file over to my new Windows 10 computer.
Thank you in advance, and best regards,
pam
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How is the flash drive formatted, FAT32 or NTFS?
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1277613#answer-1284159
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How is the flash drive formatted, FAT32 or NTFS?
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1277613#answer-1284159
I am no sure what resolved my problem. I checked flash drive and it was set to "exFAT" and I did change the allocation to 4096.
I also changed the permissions on the top level "username" directory and all subordinate folders etc. I added a new user called "Authenticated Users" and gave this full control and had this new user propagate downward to all folders and files.
I was able to successfully move the Thunderbird folder, all 33.1GB of it! Installed just fine on my new windows 10 machine (coming from windows 7 pro).
As an added note: I was able to install from original CDs, Word and Excel (M/S Office 11) from 2003 onto my windows 10 system. I was also able to install from the original CD, Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8, version 8.10 from 2003. Rah! Macromedia Dreamweaver 2004 (version 7) also seemed to install, but I have yet to test out that it truly functions and properly uploads files.
Thank you,
pam
Forgot to mention that I also unlocked the "username" folder as in... c:/Users/"username" (removed the little lock icon from the Explorer listing). Why this was locked in the first place, I do not know.