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My current Thunderbird profile has been created dirctly in ...AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird.

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My current Thunderbird profile has been created dirctly in ...AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird. <Profiles> does exist but not contain any recent files or data. How do I restore a proper data structure without losing any emails, settings or other data?

The screenshot shows the present structure

My current Thunderbird profile has been created dirctly in ...AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird. <Profiles> does exist but not contain any recent files or data. How do I restore a proper data structure without losing any emails, settings or other data? The screenshot shows the present structure
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You need to provide more details. The location you stated is the correct one. The screenshot reflects a normal profile. Please give specifics on your situation. thank you

I was expecting a structure like AppData

  \Roaming
     \Thunderbird
        \Profiles
           \mz82s34p.default

with all the data in my profile below "\mz82s34p.default"

At the moment it starts below "\Thunderbird"

How do I sack up or copy my profile to a new computer?

Roger Hill

should be

I was expecting a structure like AppData

 \Roaming
    \Thunderbird
       \Profiles
          \mz82s34p.default

with all the data in my profile below "\mz82s34p.default"

At the moment it starts below "\Thunderbird"

How do I back up or copy my profile to a new computer?

Roger Hill

I agree. Your screenshot did not show the structure, so it's unclear what you have. is thunderbird using that profile? Having the profile in other than the normal place is not a problem if the user consciously does that. Can you post a screenshot that shows the file path to the profile?

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