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I had to do a re-install of Thunderbird after a crash. How do I get my old address book into my new one?

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I had to do a re-install of Thunderbird after a crash. How do I get my old address book into my new one? There are only a few of the contacts I had, so there must be a location where the rest are, but not sure where to look. And once I find them (with your help), how do I get them into the address book?

I had to do a re-install of Thunderbird after a crash. How do I get my old address book into my new one? There are only a few of the contacts I had, so there must be a location where the rest are, but not sure where to look. And once I find them (with your help), how do I get them into the address book?

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sdale0721
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Thanks for trying...I did what you said, but it still didn't bring back my contacts.

sdale0721
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I found 2 .mab files and followed the instructions on your link to find the "profile" folder, and then copied the .mab files into the profile folder, but didn't get my contacts to show up when I opened the address book again.