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How to backup my local folder?

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R. Helmsdal replied 5 நாட்கள் முன்பு
rakel.helmsdal
rakel.helmsdal

My Thunderbird (windows) is really not working, so I want to reinstall the whole thing. I have 4 accounts and a local folder. I don't want to backup all the profiles before reinstalling, as I am having an annoying issue with g-mail (I don't HAVE a gmail any more, but Thunderbird wants to login to gmail every time I open it). I only want to backup the "local" folder, as, so I want to reinstall the accounts one by one from scratch. In that way I hope, I can purge Thunderbird of the gmail. Now the question: How do I backup the local folder in a way that makes it easy to import it back after all the reinstallment?

My Thunderbird (windows) is really not working, so I want to reinstall the whole thing. I have 4 accounts and a local folder. I don't want to backup all the profiles before reinstalling, as I am having an annoying issue with g-mail (I don't HAVE a gmail any more, but Thunderbird wants to login to gmail every time I open it). I only want to backup the "local" folder, as, so I want to reinstall the accounts one by one from scratch. In that way I hope, I can purge Thunderbird of the gmail. Now the question: How do I backup the local folder in a way that makes it easy to import it back after all the reinstallment?

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rakel.helmsdal
rakel.helmsdal கேள்வியின் உரிமையாளர்

PS. Now I am rid of the old gmail-login - at last....

christ1
christ1
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See section 'Finding your profile without opening Thunderbird' in this support article: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profiles-where-thunderbird-stores-user-data#w_how-do-i-find-my-profile

R. Helmsdal
R. Helmsdal

Thank you for your help. I have still not solved all my Thunderbird problems, but I have a better understanding of how it functions, so I may be able to fix things :)

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