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--- other:thunderbird [2020/01/13 14:16] – jypeter
+++ other:thunderbird [2020/03/20 12:33] – [Restoring a TB configuration directory] jypeter
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   - Go to the configuration directory:
     * **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 ''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
     * ''IsRelative=1''\\ => ''IsRelative=0''
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   - Start TB and check that everything is OK and that you have access to your existing mailboxes and settings
-<note warning>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''. If that's the case:
+<note warning>**Firefox configuration special note**!
+\\ 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''.
+{{ :other:ff_new_profile.png?300 |}}
+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''
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   - 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>