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I lost my address book recently. How can I get it back?

I lost my address book recently. How can I get it back?

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lost it how? Really we know exactly what you tell us... this is a bit like posting you lost your mobile phone recently how do you get it back. More information is required to even begin to formulate a reasonable answer.

What steps did you take right before this happened?

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Hi,

It happened after an update a few weeks ago.

I tried to solve the problem myself, but no success.

I hope you can help me.

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Thunderbird = TB v68 series & earlier versions keep Address-Book files as *.mab or *.mab. bak, etc mork based files , inside your TB-profile folder(s).

convert mork based files into other format (CSV,txt, etc), then you can import that into v78 series or other TB. v78 series TB uses sqlite based Address-Book files.


TB uses TB-profile folders/sub-folders , those contains all emails,data,contacts,settings,etc,etc.

all TB-profile sub-folders are inside/under this "Profiles'" folder, here: "%APPDATA%\Thunderbird\Profiles\" that is usually located here: in windows: "C:\Users\<YourWindowsUserName>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\" that ...\Thunderbird\Profiles\ folder contains multiple sub-folders , those sub-folders are various TB profile folders, a TB profile folder looks like this : "xxxxxxxx.profile-name" ( where x in xxxxxxxx is random alphanumeric characters/letters/numbers, etc ) ( the "xxxxxxxx" is profile-folder-ID part , and "profile-name" is profile's name part )


you MUST make a backup/copy of that ...\Thunderbird\Profiles\ folder in your Desktop, or where you want to. then do whatever step you prefer or appropriate.


Other+Related Problems/Solutions: • Regain old data : in Windows, by using downgrade process, or by using a second-TB, or by using manual file-transfer,etc). • Downgrade TB in macOS: downgrade by using second-TB , upgrade TB. • ATT-Yahoo related settings for TB. • Yahoo related settings for TB. • Microsoft related settings for TB. • Convert mab based Address-Book into other format. • Disabled auto-update of TB : inside the linked page , click on the topside 1st link to goto the auto-update disable instruction page into another website.

Modified by atErik