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Moved my Thunderbird mail profile to a new directory folder but Thunderbird still accessing "Smart Mailboxes" on the old directory. How do I update?

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I had to move my Thunderbird files to a new file directory. Everything working accept THunderbird still accessing "Smart Mailboxes" files in the old directory? How do I update so THunderbird uses the new Directory for "Smart Mailboxes"?

I had to move my Thunderbird files to a new file directory. Everything working accept THunderbird still accessing "Smart Mailboxes" files in the old directory? How do I update so THunderbird uses the new Directory for "Smart Mailboxes"?

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Matt
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Did you move your profile of do something else. You need to move your profile.

See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-thunderbird-stores-user-data#w_moving-a-profile

See also for the video https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer