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Denc nañu waxtaan wii. Yónneel yeneen laaj soo soxlaa ndimbal.

Which folder on my hard drive stores my e mails?

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Does Thunderbird store my e mails? I have 'archived' e mails and also put old e mails into folders. I can access them when I am in Thunderbird but cannot find them on my hard drive. I was told by a friend to search C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\38wjazhk.default\ImapMail\imap.telus.net. Didn't help. Can anyone advise me?

Does Thunderbird store my e mails? I have 'archived' e mails and also put old e mails into folders. I can access them when I am in Thunderbird but cannot find them on my hard drive. I was told by a friend to search C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\38wjazhk.default\ImapMail\imap.telus.net. Didn't help. Can anyone advise me?

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cor-el
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Documents and Settings is a path for Windows XP. On Windows 7 this would be in %APPDATA%\Thunderbird\Profiles

  • C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles

The "AppData" folder in Windows Vista and later Window 7+ versions and the "Application Data" folder in XP/Win2K are hidden folders.

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