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Porting from Windows to Linux

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headlamp.proximity12
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I have a Thunderbird email account on a Windows PC & wish to move it to a new Linux PC. On Windows I used the Export facility to save the entire account to a zip file, transferred that file to Linux & used the Thunderbird import facility.

This failed immediately...

  • The Thunderbird main desktop window vanished, leaving no progress feedback.
  • I gave it quite a long time to complete the process but there was no further feedback.
  • I then right-clicked the icon, Quit Thunderbird & re-started it. No desktop window opened.
  • The only thing that worked from the right-click pop-up was the Write New Message function which did open a new email message.
  • I then uninstalled Thunderbird selecting the full uninstall option to get rid of any account data, & re-installed it.
  • Still the same problem: no main desktop window, & only Write New Message works.

Any advice on what may be wrong & how to fix it would be much appreciated.

I have a Thunderbird email account on a Windows PC & wish to move it to a new Linux PC. On Windows I used the Export facility to save the entire account to a zip file, transferred that file to Linux & used the Thunderbird import facility. This failed immediately... * The Thunderbird main desktop window vanished, leaving no progress feedback. * I gave it quite a long time to complete the process but there was no further feedback. * I then right-clicked the icon, ''Quit'' Thunderbird & re-started it. No desktop window opened. * The only thing that worked from the right-click pop-up was the ''Write New Message'' function which did open a new email message. * I then uninstalled Thunderbird selecting the full uninstall option to get rid of any account data, & re-installed it. * Still the same problem: no main desktop window, & only ''Write New Message'' works. Any advice on what may be wrong & how to fix it would be much appreciated.

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david
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First, I am no Linux guru. Here is how I did it:

  1. click help>troubleshootinginformation
  2. scroll down to 'profile folder' and click 'open folder
  3. exit thunderbird
  4. you are now in windows file explorer, click the back button twice to get to the ...appdata\roaming\thunerbird\Profiles folder
  5. from there, highlight and copy the desired profile folder to external media

Next on Linux

  1. be sure thunderbird is not running
  2. locate the .thunderbird folder and paste your profile there
  3. edit the profiles.ini file (it's a simple text file) to point to your profile\
  4. start thunderbird

The above assumes the installation of thunderbird's default profile was to .thunderbird. I am not familiar with flatpak or other setups.

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