transfer thunderbird profile from XP to 7

hi , first post here on this forum but i have been stalking in the corner for a while :)
i have a dual boot with windows XP SP3 , and windows 7.
and i might just say that windows 7 is very nice
i am trying to setup thunderbird and would like to transfer all my profile settings/emails/local emails to the windows 7 thunderbird.
it doesn't seem to be working
does anyone have any tips for me? i have scrolled through the net for an hours or so including this forum and have tried several different options.

there is 2 different locations on windows 7 for the thunderbird profile
c:\users\*username*\AppData\Roaming\thunderbird\profile
and
c:\users\*username*\AppData\Local\thunderbird\profile

but only one on windows xp
c:\documents and settings\*username*Application Data\thunderbird\profile

if i copy the profile folder from xp to both locations on windows 7 it wont work, or just one location on windows 7 same thing

does anyone know of a easy way to do it?

i stupidly had Tbird running on windows 7 but thought i would be smart and try to set it up exactly th esame as XP - and it stopped working - uninstalled it - reinstalled it and now just want to transfer email/profile settings over.

thanks in advance ! :)

Have you tried MozBackup ?? ... I assume this'll work on W7
MozBackup - Backup tool for Firefox and Thunderbird

MozBackup works fine with Win7. I have used it on every beta release and now the RTM version. IMO - an excellent program

awesome :)
worked easy as !
had to boot into xp run the program to backup, re-boot into windows 7 run program to restore profile - and all there like it should be !
thanks.
quick response and working solution - just how i like it

Even easier and no need for any software to do it. In XP just go to,

C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\Application Data

locate the Thunderbird folder and copy it to a USB key, cd, whatever. Then in 7 go to,

C:\Users\Your Name\AppData\Roaming

and put the Thunderbird folder there AFTER you have installed Thunderbird.

P.S. The same works for Firefox by copying the Mozilla folder.

tried that , didnt work, came up with an error saying thunderbird is already running close the window or restart to get it to work *or something similar*

Didn't happen to have Thunderbird open at the time did you?

To transfer that folder on a new Windows install you have to install Thunderbird (or Firefox) first, then add the folder before running it.

no i checked that, even checked the task manager to see if it was running without showing up.
anyway - all good. now working

yea i used that MozBackup tool from vista to windows 7.

works perfect, no issues.