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Delete email and reload?

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R Roe
R Roe
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I've lost my email program dictionary at last auto update. I need to delete program and reload but I don't want to loose my email folders. By deleting program, will this effect my email folders? Thanks

I've lost my email program dictionary at last auto update. I need to delete program and reload but I don't want to loose my email folders. By deleting program, will this effect my email folders? Thanks

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david
david
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installing thunderbird is normally safe from affecting the installed profile. HOWEVER, if you are planning to reinstall, I always suggest taking the extra precaution of making a full copy of the profile. That is done in two steps: - be sure that thunderbird is not running - copy the profile, normally at c:\users\<yourid>\appdata\roaming\thunderbird to somewhere else then, if the profile is affected in the fresh install, just - exit thunderbird - copy the saved thunderbird folder back to c:\users\<yourid>\appdata\roaming