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I shifted Profile etc from F: drive to D: drive on another PC and all inboxes disappeared when I started TB on copy, Help pls.

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James Fricker replied 1 volana lasa
James Fricker
James Fricker

I zipped Profile on F: drive on 1 PC and unzipped to D: drive on my newer PC. TB starts but no inboxes show. Why?

I zipped Profile on F: drive on 1 PC and unzipped to D: drive on my newer PC. TB starts but no inboxes show. Why?

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Matt
Matt
  • Mpandray Anjara 25 Voalohany

What did you do about telling the new install where to find your profile?

James Fricker
James Fricker Tompon'ny fanontaniana

Vahaolana Nofidina

Using Win Run %appdata%\Thunderbird\Profiles\

I found the true active profile location on the new computer, and editted its location to my D:TBData folder in TB and it all worked perfectly.

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+change+thunderbird+profile+location&oq=how+to+change+thunderbird+profile+location&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB7SAQkyNzQyN2owajeoAgiwAgHxBTx9iRDIwSQ9&sourceid=chrome&source=chrome.ob&ie=UTF-8


using Win Run thunderbird.exe -P

James Fricker
James Fricker Tompon'ny fanontaniana

Hi Matt. My error was a wrong assumption that TB knew my new profile path. I corrected that then all email working on the new PC. Thanks.

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