Moved profile, new install doesn't recognize it
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Moved profile, new install doesn't recognize it
I reinstalled Windows 7 on a new drive. I installed Thunderbird 52.4. I copied my old profile into Local/Profiles and renamed it as the one that Thunderbird install created. When I run Thunderbird again, it drops me right into "Welcome to Thunderbird, Would you like a new email address?" and then Mail Account Setup. The profile is 10.2 GB.
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Re: Moved profile, new install doesn't recognize it
You probably need to tweak the file profiles.ini to reflect the Win user ID on the new Windows set up. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profiles.ini_file
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Re: Moved profile, new install doesn't recognize it
Here is my entire profiles.ini. Note this exists only in Roaming, not Local.
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[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1
[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/3pu9v5lb.default
Default=1
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Re: Moved profile, new install doesn't recognize it
That's correct. The "Local" portion is just for cache and other non-user maintained elements.
See if this helps to resolve the issue-- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Recovering_a_missing_profile
See if this helps to resolve the issue-- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Recovering_a_missing_profile
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Re: Moved profile, new install doesn't recognize it
I opened the profile.ini from the old computer and pasted the relevant portion into the new profile and it works now.
Thanks
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[Profile0]
Name=XXX
IsRelative=0
Path=C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Thunderbird\Profiles\3pu9v5lb.default
Default=1
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Re: Moved profile, new install doesn't recognize it
You're welcome.