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I need to move my Thunderbird portable profile to a new Thunderbird installed version.

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I need to move my Thunderbird portable profile to a new Thunderbird installed version.

I installed Thunderbird and looked for the profile folder using the troubleshooter.

I copied the portable profile to the installed profile folder.

On running Thunderbird it was blank.

I tried to add the inport/export profile extension, but it would not appear.

Whats going on?

I need to move my Thunderbird portable profile to a new Thunderbird installed version. I installed Thunderbird and looked for the profile folder using the troubleshooter. I copied the portable profile to the installed profile folder. On running Thunderbird it was blank. I tried to add the inport/export profile extension, but it would not appear. Whats going on?

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Matt
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did you copy it to, or replace the existing contents of the new profile folder which is what has to happen.