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other:thunderbird [2020/03/20 09:28] jypeter [Restoring a TB configuration directory] Improved the FF note |
other:thunderbird [2020/03/20 11:33] jypeter [Restoring a TB configuration directory] |
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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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| If that's the case: | 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 | - 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'' | - On this profile config page, locate the profile stored in ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox'' | ||
other/thunderbird.txt · Last modified: 2020/03/30 12:45 by jypeter
