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My setup of the latest version of Thunderbird on XP inexplicably
wouldn't let me run it as normal, the profile manager came up and the
only way I could start it was making a new profile. Whatever profile I
was previously using was no longer listed in the profile manager.

I still have the folder with my old emails in them, can someone please
tell me how to import them into Thunderbird?

Thanks.

On Feb 16, 3:42 pm, Frank <r...@fuio.com> wrote:
> My setup of the latest version of Thunderbird on XP inexplicably
> wouldn't let me run it as normal, the profile manager came up and the
> only way I could start it was making a new profile. Whatever profile I
> was previously using was no longer listed in the profile manager.
>
> I still have the folder with my old emails in them, can someone please
> tell me how to import them into Thunderbird?
>
> Thanks.


you can do it one of two ways. You can use the profile manager, and
have it point to the old profile.

Or you can copy the file from the old over to the new.

> you can do it one of two ways. You can use the profile manager, and
> have it point to the old profile.



>> only way I could start it was making a new profile. Whatever
>> profile I was previously using was no longer listed in the
>> profile manager.

On Feb 16, 4:42 pm, Frank <r...@fuio.com> wrote:
> > you can do it one of two ways. You can use the profile manager, and
> > have it point to the old profile.
>
> >> only way I could start it was making a new profile. Whatever
> >> profile I was previously using was no longer listed in the
> >> profile manager.


Did you not understand what I said? Open the profile manager, and use
the profile manager to POINT to the old profile. The profile is still
there, is it not. It just not showing in the profile manager.
Correct. Then use the profile manager and point it to that profile.

> Did you not understand what I said? Open the profile manager, and use
> the profile manager to POINT to the old profile. The profile is still
> there, is it not. It just not showing in the profile manager.
> Correct. Then use the profile manager and point it to that profile.

No, I didn't understand what you said, your message was pretty ambiguous.

May have been a better idea to write "use the profile manager to point
to the old profile files".

And stop sending me the gay porn it's really annoying me.

On Feb 16, 11:54 pm, Frank <r...@fuio.com> wrote:
> > Did you not understand what I said? Open the profile manager, and use
> > the profile manager to POINT to the old profile. The profile is still
> > there, is it not. It just not showing in the profile manager.
> > Correct. Then use the profile manager and point it to that profile.
>
> No, I didn't understand what you said, your message was pretty ambiguous.
>

use your brain.

> May have been a better idea to write "use the profile manager to point
> to the old profile files".
>

some people just love to complain about others

> And stop sending me the gay porn it's really annoying me.

WHAT!!!!????

As you are beginning to find out, Thunderbird is a real turkey. Outlook
Express is more stable, easier to understand, and has more features than
Thunderbird. The best thing to do is uninstall Thunderbird now and not
waste any more time on it.



"Frank" <> wrote in message
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> My setup of the latest version of Thunderbird on XP inexplicably wouldn't
> let me run it as normal, the profile manager came up and the only way I
> could start it was making a new profile. Whatever profile I was
> previously using was no longer listed in the profile manager.
>
> I still have the folder with my old emails in them, can someone please
> tell me how to import them into Thunderbird?
>
> Thanks.
>