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Överföring till ny dator

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Jag har köpt ny dator och vill flytta alla lokala mappar och kontakter från mitt gamla Thunderbird till mitt nya. Jag har öppnat profilmappen och försökt kopiera in den, men inget händer!?

Jag har köpt ny dator och vill flytta alla lokala mappar och kontakter från mitt gamla Thunderbird till mitt nya. Jag har öppnat profilmappen och försökt kopiera in den, men inget händer!?

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The folder to copy from old computer is named 'thunderbird' and must be done when thunderbird is not running. There will already be a thunderbird folder on new computer, since thunderbird is to already be installed and not running. On new computer the exported thunderbird folder is to be pasted over the existing thunderbird folder

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Here is the link for moving a profile in Windows when installed in default location:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer

here is the info in brief steps:

  1. ensure thunderbird is NOT running on old machine
  2. enter %appdata% in search window on task bar and press Enter key
  3. this should open windows file explorer in Appdata\roaming folder
  4. highlight the Thunderbird folder and copy to external media
  5. ensure thunderbird is installed on second computer and NOT running
  6. enter %appdata% in search window on task bar and press Enter key
  7. you should be in Appdata\roaming folder , copy&paste the exported Thunderbird folder there. This may prompt to overwrite an existing folder of same name. allow it
  8. start thunderbird and all should be there

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Stort tack för hjälpen, men det hjälper inte. Det är precis så här jag gjort några gånger nu, men inget kommer till min nya dator. Min aktuella gmail fungerar på nya datorn, men inget gammalt material går att föra över...

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Please describe in detail exactly how you are moving the data. That may provide insight to the issue.

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1. Kopierade Profilmapp (g040...) till extern disk. 2. På nya datorn i Appdata/roaming klistrade jag in denna.

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The folder to copy from old computer is named 'thunderbird' and must be done when thunderbird is not running. There will already be a thunderbird folder on new computer, since thunderbird is to already be installed and not running. On new computer the exported thunderbird folder is to be pasted over the existing thunderbird folder

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Jag måste tyvärr avvika ett par timmar nu, men jag startar upp gamla datorn igen och börjar om när jag kommer tillbaka. Tack så länge! Jag hör av mig igen!

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Tusen tack, David, nu är allt där jag vill ha det!!! Ha ett fantastiskt nytt år!

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You are very welcome. :) Happy 2025!!!

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