He wrote more than 7k+ posts and helped numerous readers to master IT topics. Vivek Gite is the founder of nixCraft, the oldest running blog about Linux and open source. Start the thunderbird and you should see all your old emails including settings. Īlternatively, you can highlight and copy all files using Places > Home Folder method. Run ls command to see the folder noted when you created your restoration profile. To restore the profile on laptop, open a terminal and type the following command (make sure Thunderbird is not running):Ĭlick on Create profile > Click Next > Type “Restore” under new profile name > (note down the folder location) Finish:įinally Click on Exit. Open your home folder > Select Library folder > select the Thunderbird folder. Open a terminal and type the command to find out your path: The path is usually ~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/fault/. Open command prompt and type command to find out your path:Īlternatively, click on Start > Run > Type the command: The path is usually %AppData%\Thunderbird\Profiles\fault\. A note about Windows XP / Vista profile location Copy the files to the desired backup location. thunderbird > highlight all files and folders in it. Open file manager by clicking on Places > Home Folder > Hit CTRL+H to display hidden file. Insert USB pen and copy fault to pen drive: You can copy fault using network (scp command) or USB pen. The path is usually ~/.thunderbird/fault/ (xxx is random character in above example it is fault directory).
Type ls command to see the profile directory: Open terminal and change directory to ~.thunderbird: You need find out your profile directory / folder. Make sure Mozilla Thunderbird is not running.
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