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reinstall local folders

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jameshunt
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I upgraded from win 7 to 8.1. my local thunderbird folders exist in windows.old. how do I reinstall my local folders into thunderbird so they can be accessed when in thunderbird

I upgraded from win 7 to 8.1. my local thunderbird folders exist in windows.old. how do I reinstall my local folders into thunderbird so they can be accessed when in thunderbird

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Gnospen
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On windows.old you have to find \users\<your win-username>\appdata\roaming\thunderbird\Profiles\<some letters>.default /mail/local folders Copy everything inside there to your new disk at: %appdata%\roaming\thunderbird\Profiles\<some letters>.default /mail/local folders

Gnospen
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Or if you haven't set up your accounts just copy the hole profile from (but not including ???????.default) to your new disk

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_profile_folder_-_Thunderbird

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