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Can someone help me in real time? I have to move twenty years of records to a new computer.

Thunderbird Import and export email
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zelda9
zelda9

I have Thunderbird on the old computer. For twenty+ years I have read the instructions for moving it to the new computer. i cannot understand/am not at all confident in my ability AND I have only ONE keyboard/mouse. I have to move it from one computer to the other to operate them.

Right now all email is on the old computer, no email is on the new computer. No email has ever been on my cellular telephone. One set of periforals - keyboard/mouse.

I DO have the Bravura, the Plugable transfer cable and accompanying software, and many other things came across, but not the Thunderbird.

I want to do the move/installation correctly so that not one stored email is lost or corrupted.

I need help.

I have Thunderbird on the old computer. For twenty+ years I have read the instructions for moving it to the new computer. i cannot understand/am not at all confident in my ability AND I have only ONE keyboard/mouse. I have to move it from one computer to the other to operate them. Right now all email is on the old computer, no email is on the new computer. No email has ever been on my cellular telephone. One set of periforals - keyboard/mouse. I DO have the Bravura, the Plugable transfer cable and accompanying software, and many other things came across, but not the Thunderbird. I want to do the move/installation correctly so that not one stored email is lost or corrupted. I need help.

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zelda9
zelda9 Question owner

What if I accidentally pasted the entire thing in another place in the computer with that first unsuccessful attempt? Will that mess up everything?

zelda9
zelda9 Question owner

WE DID IT. THANK YOU It looks like everything is there where it should be Oh THANK YOU Thank you SO MUCH you have no idea how important this process was. I delayed changing computers for YEARS ... Thank you!!!!!

david
david
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You're very welcome. Now, since this is your business, I suggest you do this DAILY or WEEKLy, depending on your business:

  1. exit thunderbird
  2. enter %appata% in search window to get to appdat\roaming folder
  3. COPY the thunderbird folder to external media

Otherwise, if you upgrade thunderbird, or if there is a Windows malfunction, or the PC crashes, you will be able to recover quickly.

The restore process would be to

  1. install thunderbird
  2. start once and exit
  3. enter %appdataS% in search bar to get to the appdata\roaming folder and then DELETE the thunderbird folder
  4. then paste your backed-up Thunderbird folder there
  5. restart thunderbird
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