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Where is the Address Book File

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david.leeder
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Asked the subject question yesterday and got an answer to use export/import which worked fine on my first pc but failed on my second pc today and hung Thunder Bird during export step, first it appeared to be 107GB then... empty. Now there is no profile file and the export now fails every time? Thanks for your help David Leeder

Asked the subject question yesterday and got an answer to use export/import which worked fine on my first pc but failed on my second pc today and hung Thunder Bird during export step, first it appeared to be 107GB then... empty. Now there is no profile file and the export now fails every time? Thanks for your help David Leeder

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It is unclear whether you just want an addressbook or the entire profile. If it's the entire profile, this works" Here is the link for moving a profile in Windows when installed in default location: 

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer

here is the info in brief steps:

  1. ensure thunderbird is not running on old machine
  2. enter %appdata% in search window on task bar and press Enter key
  3. this should open windows file explorer in Appdata\roaming folder
  4. highlight the Thunderbird folder and copy to external media
  5. ensure thunderbird is installed on second computer and NOT running
  6. enter %appdata% in search window on task bar and press Enter key
  7. you should be in Appdata\roaming folder , copy&paste the exported Thunderbird folder there. This may prompt to overwrite an existing folder of same name. allow it
  8. start thunderbird and all should be there

If it's just the addressbook, look for a file named abook.sqlite in old profile. The Tools>import>import from a file will handle it fine. If I'm misunderstanding, let me know.