Steps for Thunderbird migration from Windows Vista to Fedora

[Kirk]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:12:25 +0530
Sibir Chakraborty <jkstriangle at gmail.com> wrote:

I'll get your suggestions incorporated.
Thanks for your input.

-Kirk


> Hi all,
> 
> Ragarding access to Thunderbird profile, kindly note that: On Windows
> Vista/XP/2000, the path is usually
> %AppData%\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\, where xxxxxxxx is a
> random string of 8 characters.
> 
> Also, C:\users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\ is
> the access path that I found in Vista. This is required to be updated
> in the docs mentioned below.
> 
> In am a newbie to the forum...and you request and appreciate if
> someone guides me through.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Secondly I would also like to add one more guidance tip on the
> section at : *Application Data Folder*
> If you are unable to fing AppData, please do the following:
> 
> Start > Run > enter %AppData% and press Enter. You will be taken to
> the "real" folder, which is C:\users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming on
> Windows Vista.
> 
>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Also, it would be nice to know that, users can move around the
> Profile to some location or sda where the sda is not full(enough HD
> space). It is also possible to backup on a Remote Mounted location.
> 
> To do this:
> 
>  Shut down Thunderbird completely
> 
>  1. Go to: the path is ~/.thunderbird/
>  2. In profiles.ini, locate the entry for the profile you've just
> moved. Change the Path= line to the new location
>  3. Change IsRelative=1 to IsRelative=0 and lastly.
>  4. Save profiles.ini and restart Thunderbird.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sibir
> 
> **********************************************************************************************************************
> 
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Kirk <kirk202 at q.com> wrote:
> 
> > I've written the steps needed to migrate Thunderbird Profile Data
> > from Windows XP. I don't have access to Vista.  Could someone read
> > over this section for me that's more familiar with Vista and let me
> > know if different steps are required?
> >
> >
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_Guide_-_Communications#Moving_Your_Thunderbird_Profile_Data_from_Windows_to_Fedora
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >  -Kirk
> >
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