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Lost APP folder
My app folder for Thunderbird disappeared. I transfer the tbird data to
laptop when traveling. It should be in Users\Bob\app\thunderbird. The APP folder is gone, yet tbird is working on desktop computer. A search didn't provide the answer. Any suggestions? |
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Mellowed wrote:
My app folder for Thunderbird disappeared. I transfer the tbird data to laptop when traveling. It should be in Users\Bob\app\thunderbird. The APP folder is gone, yet tbird is working on desktop computer. A search didn't provide the answer. Any suggestions? Does "transfer" mean moved or copied? I don't use Thunderbird. Its newsgroup is mozilla.support.thunderbird. Are you sure that \Users\Bob\App is under where is thunderbird's profile folder instead of under %appdata%? http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Thunderbird https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Insta...ser/ta-p/14096 |
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On 4/6/2017 4:11 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Mellowed wrote: My app folder for Thunderbird disappeared. I transfer the tbird data to laptop when traveling. It should be in Users\Bob\app\thunderbird. The APP folder is gone, yet tbird is working on desktop computer. A search didn't provide the answer. Any suggestions? Does "transfer" mean moved or copied? I don't use Thunderbird. Its newsgroup is mozilla.support.thunderbird. Are you sure that \Users\Bob\App is under where is thunderbird's profile folder instead of under %appdata%? http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Thunderbird https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Insta...ser/ta-p/14096 I copy the folder with all email. Been doing it for years. I think this is a Win10 problem. Tbird works fine. The message folder in user\apps\thunderbird is gone. In fact, User\apps is gone. |
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On 4/6/2017 7:23 PM, Mellowed wrote:
On 4/6/2017 4:11 PM, VanguardLH wrote: Mellowed wrote: My app folder for Thunderbird disappeared. I transfer the tbird data to laptop when traveling. It should be in Users\Bob\app\thunderbird. The APP folder is gone, yet tbird is working on desktop computer. A search didn't provide the answer. Any suggestions? Does "transfer" mean moved or copied? I don't use Thunderbird. Its newsgroup is mozilla.support.thunderbird. Are you sure that \Users\Bob\App is under where is thunderbird's profile folder instead of under %appdata%? http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Thunderbird https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Insta...ser/ta-p/14096 I copy the folder with all email. Been doing it for years. I think this is a Win10 problem. Tbird works fine. The message folder in user\apps\thunderbird is gone. In fact, User\apps is gone. There is something wrong, unless you have changed the location of the profile. First from Thunderbird, Help, Troubleshooting, locate the folder that Thunderbird is using. Do this with both computers. Copy the the contents of the profile folder from the computer that has the information you want to the the profile folder on the new computer which you found above. One comment. Unless you are copying C:\Users\userid\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird You must transfer both the folder Profile and the file Profile.ini for the Thunderbird installation to find the correct profile. Windows 10 Currently Thunderbird 52.0 but has been the same since before version 45.X |
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On 07/04/2017 00:03, Mellowed wrote:
My app folder for Thunderbird disappeared. I transfer the tbird data to laptop when traveling. It should be in Users\Bob\app\thunderbird. The APP folder is gone, yet tbird is working on desktop computer. A search didn't provide the answer. Any suggestions? Nothing gets lost from the computer unless the there was some problem between the Chair and the Computer. Did you make the main folders readable i.e. you need to unhide the folders as the APP folder is hidden by default. Do we need to teach you how to make folders readable? Please ask us if this your problem. The TB folders are at this link: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Pro files\vj5ufwvq.default You need to replace USERNAME with your Windows profile name; You also need to replace the characters after profiles to match your own. TB creates random profile names so I can't help you here on this. In my link it is shown as " *vj5ufwvq.default* " I hope you won't start blaming Microsoft or Windows 10 when you haven't tried any of the tried and tested methods to get to your folders. -- With over 500 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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Mellowed wrote:
My app folder for Thunderbird disappeared. I transfer the tbird data to laptop when traveling. It should be in Users\Bob\app\thunderbird. The APP folder is gone, yet tbird is working on desktop computer. A search didn't provide the answer. Any suggestions? Appdata is a hidden folder. In File Explorer, there is a View Menu where you can specify show file extension show system files show hidden files and also a button which makes it "apply to all folders". Using that, you can "improve the visibility of your stuff", as you see fit. ******* This picture shows an example from Vista. It shows the contents of the View tab. It shows the "Apply To Folders" button, which is grayed out. You can click "Apply" at the bottom, then click "Apply To Folders", so that all folders inherit these viewing properties. http://www.bleepstatic.com/tutorials...er_options.jpg Now, this picture on the other hand, compares WinXP to Win10. They keep moving the access to that dialog, but it remains much the same as before. In Win10, you need the Ribbon to be visible, so you can get to Options. This will help you find it. (While the Vista example, shows the View tab contents.) https://s32.postimg.org/njjjxoout/foldermagic.gif The reason that picture isn't perfect, is because I didn't click the View tab like in the first picture, to show the whole list of settings. I have three settings I use in there regularly - show extensions, show hidden folders, and I like to view system files (even desktop.ini) as well. I want it to all hang out :-) ******* OK, with that jazz out of the way, let's talk Thunderbird. In the Thunderbird preferences itself, is a pointer to the currently used profile folder. Which is nice, but it doesn't tell you where profiles.ini is located. The thing is, you're looking in the right place, but you need to adjust the settings as shown above, so your Appdata will be visible. When you install Thunderbird, a single profile folder is created, with a random name (abcd1234 in the example). The profiles.ini file contains information, that links Thunderbird to the location of the actual profile. The profiles.ini file should not move, but you're free to store the actual profile just about anywhere. The Profiles folder can be empty if you like. C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\profiles.ini Profiles abcd1234.default ******* This is the contents of my profiles.ini . I have edited it. I changed "IsRelative" to zero, indicating the path I am about to give, is an absolute path. I specify the drive letter and everything. [General] StartWithLastProfile=1 [Profile0] Name=default IsRelative=0 Path=C:\Users\User Name\Downloads\abcd1234.default And it's in my downloads folder, because I actually copied it from another machine. So it no longer refers to the Profiles folder, at all. What you cannot afford to lose, is the profiles.ini. The path string "C:\Users\User Name\Downloads\abcd1234.default" is what shows in the Accounts information dialog in Thunderbird. So if you edited the profiles.ini, this just confirms where the data is stored. But, Thunderbird does not provide a pointer to profiles.ini, so you can open it with Notepad. You have to find it manually, somehow. And the first step to a useful computer, is editing the View options. You cannot operate a computer by "feeling around in the dark". Paul |
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On 4/6/2017 5:31 PM, Paul wrote:
Mellowed wrote: My app folder for Thunderbird disappeared. I transfer the tbird data to laptop when traveling. It should be in Users\Bob\app\thunderbird. The APP folder is gone, yet tbird is working on desktop computer. A search didn't provide the answer. Any suggestions? Appdata is a hidden folder. In File Explorer, there is a View Menu where you can specify show file extension show system files show hidden files and also a button which makes it "apply to all folders". Using that, you can "improve the visibility of your stuff", as you see fit. Paul That FIXED it!! Somehow the AppData folder became hidden. I hadn't touched that setting ever. I can only guess that a recent Windows update changed it. Thanks for all of the responses. |
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