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Problem restoring addresses after computer crash and Thunderbird reinstall.

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I copied my Thunderbird profile to a tape drive, went to troubleshooting, profile, open folder and pasted my .map files which were abook-1.map, abook-2.map through abook-10. Restarted Thunderbird and files did not convert to .sqlite. How do I proceed to restore addresses?

I copied my Thunderbird profile to a tape drive, went to troubleshooting, profile, open folder and pasted my .map files which were abook-1.map, abook-2.map through abook-10. Restarted Thunderbird and files did not convert to .sqlite. How do I proceed to restore addresses?

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Have you tried the addressbook import of MAB files?

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Have you tried the addressbook import of MAB files?

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David, You are the man!!!!!

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Thanks for the smile.