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jypeter [Restoring a TB configuration directory]
other:thunderbird [2020/03/20 11:33]
jypeter [Restoring a TB configuration directory]
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 It's a good idea to move this folder to another known place, in order to be able to back it up or move it to a new computer later!</​note>​ It's a good idea to move this folder to another known place, in order to be able to back it up or move it to a new computer later!</​note>​
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 +<note important>​The steps for moving/​restoring the Firefox (FF) configuration directory are the same as the the Thunderbird steps below, except that [[other:​firefox|the location of the configuration directory is slightly different]].
 +</​note>​
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 <note warning>​\\ If you are using Linux, go the the [[other:​linux:​tb_ff|Thunderbird and Firefox on Linux]] page</​note>​ <note warning>​\\ If you are using Linux, go the the [[other:​linux:​tb_ff|Thunderbird and Firefox on Linux]] page</​note>​
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   - Go to the configuration directory:   - Go to the configuration directory:
     * **Windows 7** or **Windows 10**: ''​C:​\Users\<​your_login>​\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird''​     * **Windows 7** or **Windows 10**: ''​C:​\Users\<​your_login>​\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird''​
-  - Do some cleaning:+  - **Do some cleaning**:
     - Remove the the ''​Thunderbird\Profiles\<​random_string>​.default\''​ directory that was created when you started TB for the first time on this computer     - Remove the the ''​Thunderbird\Profiles\<​random_string>​.default\''​ directory that was created when you started TB for the first time on this computer
-    - Remove the ''​Thunderbird\installs.ini''​ file (it will be automatically recreated later)+    - Remove the ''​Thunderbird\installs.ini''​ file and the ''​Crash Reports''​ and ''​Pending Pings''​ directories ​(they will be automatically recreated later)
   - Edit the ''​Thunderbird\profiles.ini''​ file so that TB knows where to look for the new location of its configuration directory   - Edit the ''​Thunderbird\profiles.ini''​ file so that TB knows where to look for the new location of its configuration directory
     * ''​IsRelative=1''​\\ => ''​IsRelative=0''​     * ''​IsRelative=1''​\\ => ''​IsRelative=0''​
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 Version=2</​code>​ Version=2</​code>​
   - Start TB and check that everything is OK and that you have access to your existing mailboxes and settings   - Start TB and check that everything is OK and that you have access to your existing mailboxes and settings
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 +<note warning>​**Firefox configuration special note**!
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 +\\ When following the TB steps to restore a **Firefox** (FF) configuration,​ **it is possible that FF will create a new configuration**,​ instead of the one specified in ''​profiles.ini''​.
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 +{{ :​other:​ff_new_profile.png?​300 |}}
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 +If that's the case:
 +  - Click on //​Continue//​ and don't worry about the creation of a new profile
 +  - Open the profile configuration page, by pasting ''​about:​profiles''​ in the location bar of FF
 +  - On this profile config page, locate the profile stored in ''​C:​\Users\<​your_login>​\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox''​
 +  - Click on ''​Define as default''​ to make this the default profile
 +  - Restart FF
 +  - Open ''​about:​profiles''​ again and remove the profile(s) that is(/are) not using ''​C:​\Users\<​your_login>​\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox''​
 +    * e.g. Remove a profile looking like\\ ''​C:​\Users\<​your_login>​\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\vqtxn50e.default-release''​
 +</​note>​
  
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other/thunderbird.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/28 10:46 by jypeter