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Backing up your profileīacking up your profile folder in Thunderbird is easy. Do this by checking the Don't ask at startup option. You can also have Thunderbird start a selected profile automatically, so you don't have to pick one each time the browser is launched. If you want to switch back to your old profile, just start the Profile Manager again (instructions above) and select the old profile. You are now running Thunderbird with the new profile, which means all settings are reset to default.

You should now be taken back to the Profile Manager and the newly created profile should be listed. Normally C:\Documents and Settings\ \Application Data on Windows XP/2000,Ĭ:\users\ \AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista. You will be taken to the "real" folder, which is The Application Data path on Windows 2000/XP/Vista.

On Windows 95/98/Me, the path is usuallyĬ:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Profiles\ fault\.

On Windows Vista, and the rest should be obvious. On Windows XP/2000 or C:\users\ \AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\ Just browse toĬ:\Documents and Settings\ \Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\ Where xxxxxxxx is a random string of 8 characters.

On Windows Vista/XP/2000, the path is usually.

Knowing where your profile folder is stored can be useful if, for example, you want to make a backup of your personal data.

Move an existing profile or restore a backed up profile.

This tutorial will not only show you how to do that, but also how to create backups and move or restore existing profiles.

problems starting after installing an extension, or other features not functioning properly), the first thing you're usually asked to do in the tech support forum is to create a new profile. If you run into problems using Thunderbird (e.g.

The profile is stored on your hard drive in a profile folder.

Mozilla Thunderbird stores all your personal settings, such as your mail, passwords and extensions, in a profile.