Copying the \...default-release folder for backup purposes.
I am installing Thunderbird. I have signed into my email provider using Thunderbird and downloaded my mail. My inbox indicates I have 668 emails. (I accept that as correct because I keep my emails for a long time). Then I went to try to copy my email data by going to ...Thunderbird\Profiles\... I right clicked on my default folder. It indicated only 163 files for the entire folder. It seems to me it does not contain all of my 668 emails. The next step is right click on the default folder, copy then paste in my desired folder on my computer. If I do that, how will I know all of my email files and data will be copied over? Thanks for your help.
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moira.ledrew said
Nov 13/25 Hi Ed, There is no other computer. I have installed Thunderbird on my laptop. Everything seems to be working. I am currently testing the back-up procedure, that is; copying the data files to a new location on my laptop. I gather there is no way to confirm the "backup" is good. Thanks for you help.
Oh, I see now. You could make a new profile and copy your backed-up profile to it. Or if you have another PC, you could install TB and try the backup there.
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There should be very many more files than that. Make sure you selected the right profile folder:
- TB menu > Help > Troubleshooting Information
- click the Application Basics > Profile Folder 'Open Folder' button
Nov 12/25 Hi Ed, Thanks for your reply.
Listen, I ended up at c:\users\Moira\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\dyb9i8f1.default-release. The default-release folder listed many folders and files.
I backed up to Profiles, then selected dyb9i8f1.default-release, right clicked, selected properties, and got my info; 163 files. That does not compare with Thunderbird's email inbox of 668.
Something is not right. Can you help?
Moira
I can't explain why it says only 163 files. Go ahead and copy the profile over to the other PC and see what happens.
Nov 13/25 Hi Ed,
There is no other computer. I have installed Thunderbird on my laptop. Everything seems to be working. I am currently testing the back-up procedure, that is; copying the data files to a new location on my laptop. I gather there is no way to confirm the "backup" is good.
Thanks for you help.
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moira.ledrew said
Nov 13/25 Hi Ed, There is no other computer. I have installed Thunderbird on my laptop. Everything seems to be working. I am currently testing the back-up procedure, that is; copying the data files to a new location on my laptop. I gather there is no way to confirm the "backup" is good. Thanks for you help.
Oh, I see now. You could make a new profile and copy your backed-up profile to it. Or if you have another PC, you could install TB and try the backup there.
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