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Solution to Moving Thunderbird from XP to Windows 7
Hi, I just had this problem with transferring between Windows XP 32-bit and Windows 7 64-bit Enterprise Version.
1. Install Thunderbird.
2. Go to C:/Users/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Thunderbird/[delete all files and directories].
3. Go to C:/Users/[user name]/AppData/Local/Thunderbird/[delete all files and directories].
4. From the XP Thunderbird folder that you saved from Windows XP; Copy [Profiles directory, Profiles.ini and registry.dat] to Go to C:/Users/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Thunderbird/.
5. Start up Thunderbird. It will ask you some questions, say OK and you are good to go.
I didn't know about the Mozbackup software before I deleted XP. So I had no choice but to find a solution. I hope this helps others.
It is not enough to just copy over files. You really have to delete all the install files first as described above.
Take Care,
Will...