How to export thunderbird contents and settings?
- Go to c:\document and settings\username\application data\thunderbird\
- Open the file profiles.ini
- Check the setting “Path=Profiles/xxxxxxxx.default”
- Now go to c:\document and settings\username\application data\thunderbird\Profiles\ and copy the folder xxxxxxxx.default for backup.
- Now to export this content to another computer, copy this folder to c:\document and settings\username\application data\thunderbird\Profiles\ on another computer and change the profile.ini to use this new profile by changing the setting “Path”.
- Open the Thunderbird and you are done!!!
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Thanks, an easy workaround.
The unfortunate thing with mozilla thunderbird (and firefox/sunbird) settings is they include absolute paths for profile data… so if i am migrating between NT (where profiles are stored under c:\windows\profiles\zzz), XP (c:\documents and settings\zzz) or Vista (c:\users\zzz), the settings do not work correctly… some files are XML or text and can be readily updated, but other cannot.
It would be nice to see a full agnostic export of both accounts settings and extensions/preferences.
on windows vista or 7
The catalog is.
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\ROAMING\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxx.default
AND
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\LOCAL\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxx.default
But i am not shoure what files to copy
@Eddie
Sorry, I don’t know the answer.
For import to windows 7, copy the files to BOTH
~\AppData\ROAMING\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxx.default
AND
~\AppData\LOCAL\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxx.default
Then, modify the “Profiles.ini” at ~\AppData\ROAMING\Thunderbird\Profiles.ini
Well, what do you know, it works like a charm! Thanks so much for this awesome info. Now I can refer to my old mails in my new laptop.
It worked! Thanks
Thats awesome. Many thanks. Saved me lots of work with over 12 email accounts and all the filters.
AWESOME!!!
@CF
It doesn’t make sense to me to copy the mail files to two places: Roaming and Local. Mine are 10GB (before cutting down exercise gets started).
Well, it’s worked! But why the mail files in two places? They can’t both be up-to-date simultaneously.
I feel something is wrong where 10Gb of mails has to be duplicated.
But it’s great that I have my mail now.