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Is there a file or way to find set up information from an old copy?
I've recently upgraded to Windows 10 but in my desire to keep what I had I tried an upgrade only to find that after a day or so Windows wouldn't boot and I was forced to do a clean install on a new HDD. I still have the old HDD and access to the files but no matter what I try to do, I can't get it to boot so I can't pull the old setup information off of there. And to add insult to injury the new webmaster for a legacy e-mail address I still use for certain things just wants everybody to use webmail because it's easier.
I remember certain things like the SMTP port but the name of the pop3 server was non-standard for whatever reason. So what I'm hoping is somewhere written in some old thunderbird file is the setup information that I need that I can get this started on my new Windows 10 machine.
It's not a huge deal if it isn't but I'd really like to get it set up if I could without having to track down the old webmasters and see if they still hopefully have the info.
Thank you.
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Thanks for that but I was able to get it working after all.
I will keep this in mind in case something happens again.
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Your Thunderbird data should be in a profile folder. This article describes how to locate it under your Windows User folder. You'll need to show hidden files and folders.
- Profiles - Where Thunderbird stores your messages and other user data => usually ("d:" refers to whatever your old drive is attached as):
d:\Users\your-username\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/14201/windows-show-hidden-files
I don't know which config file contains the account settings, but if there is a prefs.js file I would look in there. Never double-click .js files because by default Windows will execute them as system scripts. You can right-click > Edit or right-click > Open With to view them in a text editor.
For precise file identification, it's also useful to set Windows to show all file extensions. See: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/how-to-show-file-extensions-in-windows/
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Thanks for that but I was able to get it working after all.
I will keep this in mind in case something happens again.