Which folder do I use to backup Thunderbird in Windows 8.1
Our previous notebook(which failed)was running Windows 7 and we would copy the 'profiles'folder
Our new notebook runs under Windows 8.1
Which folder do we copy (cannot find 'profiles')
Help menu (alt+H) > troubleshooting information
Press the show folder button under profiles.
Windows explorer is not in your profile folder.
As the location contains a random string it is impossible to say exactly where a profile is, But this method asked Thunderbird to tell you.
Needless to say it will default to a location below the Thunderbird folder is appdata. Appdata is a special application data folder provided by windows and hidden by default. The is a setting in windows to show hidden files and folders.
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