Restore thunderbird profile from a crashed Win 10 desktop
My desktop win 10 computer system crashed. While the operating system was zapped, the actual c: drive was intact. A new c: drive was installed with win 11 pro but when I connect the old drive to the new system, I am locked out of the user>apps>thunderbird folders ( access denied). Is there a way of overriding this security feature? I was hoping to be able to import my profile with several email addresses and their associated archival data. This is more complicated than I was expecting.
Wšykne wótegrona (1)
If the lockout is by windows file explorer, click to windows file explorer, click the view>show>hidden items. Normally, you can restore thunderbird with these steps:
- ensure thunderbird is installed and NOT running
- enter %appdata% in search window on task bar and press Enter key
- this should place you in appdata\roaming folder
- delete the thunderbird folder
- you should be in Appdata\roaming folder , copy&paste the Thunderbird folder from old PC.
- start thunderbird and all should be there
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