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Local folders lost on computer transfer

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I transferred my Thunderbird profile from a windows 10 machine to a Zorin linux machine. everything works but I'm missing almost all of my 12 local folders. I can see them in the mail directory, but they don't show up in Thunderbird. How do I recover them?

I transferred my Thunderbird profile from a windows 10 machine to a Zorin linux machine. everything works but I'm missing almost all of my 12 local folders. I can see them in the mail directory, but they don't show up in Thunderbird. How do I recover them?

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Matt
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couple of questions.

Is the location in the profile folder? Is it a sub directory of "local folders" in the file system?

Due to the reversal of the \ and / in paths between windows and linux, you should not really copy MSF files from windows.

blackview cell
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I did copy the entire profile directory to the the linux machine. Is there a better way to o it and is it documented anywhere?

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blackview cell said
I did copy the entire profile directory to the the linux machine. Is there a better way to o it and is it documented anywhere?

just delete the msf files. It is not a big deal.