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can't move profile from usb to thunderbird in Win 8. Just says path doesnot exist

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bodfari
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Hi I have copied my profile from my old computer to a flash drive. When I go to move the folder in Win 8 i specify the path C:\users\Patrick\AppData\Thunderbird\Profiles but Win says no such path. I can see it when i navigate to it but win doesn't see it when I try to move the file

Hi I have copied my profile from my old computer to a flash drive. When I go to move the folder in Win 8 i specify the path C:\users\Patrick\AppData\Thunderbird\Profiles but Win says no such path. I can see it when i navigate to it but win doesn't see it when I try to move the file

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Gnospen
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Make hidden files and folders visible: 

   http://kb.mozillazine.org/Show_hidden_files_and_folders

Modified by Gnospen

sfhowes
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The standard location for profiles in Win 8 is

C:\Users\Patrick\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\