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Can't load profile into Windows 10

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New computer with Windows 10 - I downloaded Thunderbird, and now I am trying to move my profile folder, *.default, from a pen drive to the new machine. It is calling for a password for these files in my profile as if it is compressed or protected, but they are not compressed that I can see, and I didn't password protect the folder or files. Thanks for any help.

New computer with Windows 10 - I downloaded Thunderbird, and now I am trying to move my profile folder, *.default, from a pen drive to the new machine. It is calling for a password for these files in my profile as if it is compressed or protected, but they are not compressed that I can see, and I didn't password protect the folder or files. Thanks for any help.

Réiteach roghnaithe

Goodness. I actually did password protect the folder above. Sorry for the trouble. :)

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Zenos
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Did you also copy the profiles.ini file?

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Zenos said

Did you also copy the profiles.ini file?

No, I just have the profile folder. It worked for me when I changed to Windows 7, also Linux.

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I suggest that you use the profile manager to create a "new profile" and point it at the transferred profile.

Thunderbird needs a profiles.ini or else a custom launcher script that explicitly nominates the profile to be used.

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Réiteach Roghnaithe

Goodness. I actually did password protect the folder above. Sorry for the trouble. :)