Why can't I see my accounts and all my folders after moving profile to new Windows ?

Following clean install of Windows 7 over XP, I've copied across my old profile (as per instructions on this Forum, and others). Profile contains about 46 items, copy and pasted into newly created .default file. (Previous to which all new content was deleted) profile.ini appears to be pointing to correct file/location. When I launch Thunderbird, it is completely blank, no accounts etc., and no folders. The only thing showing correctly is my address book (thank goodness!) so presumably it is accessing the profile file OK ?
Why are none of the accounts showing, or any of the (many) folders storing my old emails ?
Can anyone point me in the right direction on this re: troubleshooting my profile file ?

I've just about got there now, moving folders around (there appear to be three files per item) till they're more or less in the place where I want them in the Folder pane:
(Tried to paste a screen print here, but no joy)
Everything seemed to want to go into Local Folders, but I now have my four email accounts going into a single Inbox Folder, but in their own sub-folder.
Strangely, the label for each is in a separate location. Still puzzled by the logic of the filepath within the profile file. Plenty of articles of where the Profile Folder should be, but nothing on the actual layout/construction of the Profile to get folders appearing where you want them ?
Anyway, it's going to be next week before I can look anymore at this, so thank you for taking the time to respond.
My research before all suggested that it was a simple matter of copying the profile to an external drive, reloading Windows and Thunderbird, and then copying profile back in. Its obviously far more complicated than that. I don't know what version I was on before, but the new one is 24.6.0

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