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I performed a windows reset on my PC and lost my Thuderbird email adress book and calendar data, how can I get it back?

wildbee
wildbee
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I recently reset my PC Windows 10 home version and had to download Thunderbird again and now have lost my Thunderbird adress book and calendar data. How can I restore it? Thank you so much for your help

I recently reset my PC Windows 10 home version and had to download Thunderbird again and now have lost my Thunderbird adress book and calendar data. How can I restore it? Thank you so much for your help

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user01229325
user01229325
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Load them from the backup you hopefully made before resetting your computer. Both those items are stored on your local drive and you wiped that out.

If your lucky Windows created a file called Windows Old and they might be there.

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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To expand on that last point, do you have this folder:

C:\Windows.old

If you tell Windows to keep your data, it may create that temporary folder (removed after 28 days).

To explore the folder, you'll need to set Windows to display hidden files and folders. See: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/14201/windows-show-hidden-files

Then click through:

C:\Windows.old\Users\your-user-name\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird

Do you find that folder, with a "Profiles" folder inside?