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Running two identical IMAP profiles

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I am running Thunderbird on my PC, with two accounts, both on IMAP mail.

I want to run Thunderbird on my laptop as well, with exactly the same interface and accounts.

Can I copy the profile and ini from my PC to my laptop? Will this work?

I am running Thunderbird on my PC, with two accounts, both on IMAP mail. I want to run Thunderbird on my laptop as well, with exactly the same interface and accounts. Can I copy the profile and ini from my PC to my laptop? Will this work?

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If they are both windows, it will work (It may also work with Linux and mac, but I don't know those). - first, install Thunderbird on the second pc and exit. Do NOT restart until final step below. - on original PC, exit thunderbird - copy c:\users\<yourid>\appdata\roaming\thunderbird to a USB stick from original pc - copy the Thunderbird folder from USB stick to

   c:\users\<yourid>\appdata\roaming   on the second pc (this will prompt for overwrite. Allow that.) 

- start thunderbird on second pc and it should be identical

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If they are both windows, it will work (It may also work with Linux and mac, but I don't know those). - first, install Thunderbird on the second pc and exit. Do NOT restart until final step below. - on original PC, exit thunderbird - copy c:\users\<yourid>\appdata\roaming\thunderbird to a USB stick from original pc - copy the Thunderbird folder from USB stick to

   c:\users\<yourid>\appdata\roaming   on the second pc (this will prompt for overwrite. Allow that.) 

- start thunderbird on second pc and it should be identical

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This worked, thank you :)