Migration, I put it on a USB drive. How do I install it on my new computer so my contacts and ALL messages come across?

I used the Easy Transfer application and put Thunderbird on a USB. I am now on the "new computer" and want to load Thunderbird that has all of the contacts and ALL of the past messages folders etc. How do I do this? I tried it once and there were no contacts and only messages from this week!

did you use the easy transfer wizard to reinstall the files?
Make sure it has put them in
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\local and C:\Users\[username]\AppData\remote.
Make that
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\roaming

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