1. Prepare data for migration on Ubuntu.
| $ cd ~ $ tar cvfz mozilla-thunderbird-[YYYYMMDD].tgz .mozilla-thunderbird |
* YYYYMMDD such as 20080525 (2008 May, 28th)
** Be careful in front of “mozilla-thunderbird” has dot (.) .
2. Copy file backup (mozilla-thunderbird-[YYYYMMDD].tgz) from Ubuntu to Windows
3. Extract backup file.
4. Move Thunderbird directory on Windows to other location for backup such as
| C:\Documents and Settings\sketkeaw\Application Data\Thunderbird |
Move to
| C:\Documents and Settings\sketkeaw\Application Data\Thunderbird-Backup |
5. Create new directory C:\Documents and Settings\sketkeaw\Application Data\Thunderbird
6. Copy all file in .mozilla-thunderbird-[YYYYMMDD] to C:\Documents and Settings\sketkeaw\Application Data\Thunderbird
7. Edit file Profile.ini
From
| [General]StartWithLastProfile=1[Profile0]Name=defaultIsRelative=1Path=uob4v46z.default |
To
| [General] StartWithLastProfile=1[Profile0] Name=default IsRelative=1 Path=uob4v46z.default |
8. Save file Profile.ini and start Thunderbird program.
Aoddy
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Thanks for this – made it very easy for me to migrate Thunderbird from Ubuntu 11.10 to Windows 7. Much appreciated!
These instructions are too cryptic for us over 70’s, what are the chances of getting a step-by-step guide to follow?