How do I retrieve/open local folders I stored on back-up drive?
My computer died. I had been using Thunderbird on it, and had stored many emails in local folders. Those local folders are/should be backed up on my external back-up drive (WD My Book). I've seen s/thing that says thunderbird profile on the drive; I hope that's it. The problem is I don't know how to open the files that are on the back-up; nor does my new computer. The computer thinks I should use an app, but doesn't know which. How do I open those folders and copy them to my new computer?
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What do you mean by 'and had stored many emails in local folders.' Are you talking about the 'Local Folders' mail account in Thunderbird ? Did you do a backup of your 'profile name' folder?
Do you mean you had saved separate emails as *.eml files in a folder on your computer - not in Thunderbird - and that folder is backed up?
Took me a bit of time to find the help/troubleshooting section (I'm a bit of a newbie here)....but once I did that, I followed your directions and they worked! I got all my saved folders. Thanks so much for your help