I tried transferring TB to new computer, nothing has worked. w11 TB148
I tried transferring TB to new computer, nothing has worked. w11 TB148. Manually didn't work, tried coping from Troubleshooting Information/profiles. I don't know why there are 2 TB's? Under local and roaming but I tried. The video is out of date. It's a new install of TB so it opens with create account, both computers W11 and TG148! Please somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.
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This is how I've always done it (Windows). It preserves your whole existing setup.
Copy TB files from the old PC
- launch TB on the old PC
- go to TB menu > Help > Troubleshooting Information
- click the Application Basics > Profile Folder 'Open Folder' button
- the profile folder will open
- navigate three levels up to the AppData\Roaming folder
- close TB
- copy the AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird folder to a flash drive
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Skip to 'Paste the copied TB files to the new PC', as you already installed TB and created a profile.
Install and launch TB on the new PC, then start setting up the new profile.
- on the 'Set Up Your Existing Email Address' screen, enter name and email address only
- click the 'Configure manually' link
- scroll down and click 'Cancel'
- exit setup
- close TB
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Paste the copied TB files to the new PC
- open the AppData\Roaming folder like you did above
- delete the Thunderbird folder, or copy it somewhere if you want to save it
- replace it with the Thunderbird folder from the flash drive
- launch TB
I'm going to try this tonight. Question? I am trying to use d: drive and of course it puts profiles on both c and d. I'm about to just put it on c? Any ideas? Thank you.
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