Thunderbird doesn't recognize my backup

[Sorgin]

I had to format my hd so I made a copy of /home/user and when ubuntu was up again I copied it back, firefox is working perfectly, all the markers etc., but Thunderbird is not, it doesn't ecognize the previous backup, anybody has an idea? It's VERY important for me to recover all that.
Thanks!

Sorgin

http://rebelarte.ourpoject.org

[73ckn797]

I had to format my hd so I made a copy of /home/user and when ubuntu was up again I copied it back, firefox is working perfectly, all the markers etc., but Thunderbird is not, it doesn't recognize the previous backup, anybody has an idea? It's VERY important for me to recover all that.
Thanks!

Sorgin

http://rebelarte.ourpoject.org

I have found that just copying T'bird info/directories straight over does not work. The program needs to know the info is there. It creates a profile such as "5s1m3xoa.default" under the .mozilla-thunderbird directory.
The previous installation assigns a different *.default name. You will need to open "profile.ini" in the .mozilla-thunderbird directory in text editor and change the *.default name to match your previous install.

/home/yourname/.mozilla-thunderbird/profile.ini example: (you will need to enable viewing hidden files to see the directories.)


[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=5s1m3xoa.default
Default=1

[Profile1]
Name=Default User
IsRelative=0
Path=/media/disk-1/Documents and Settings/myname/Application Data/Thunderbird/Profiles/5s1m3xoa.defaultSee if that will fix your problem. I gather by your description that you are trying to do a drop-in replacement to the new install.

[Sorgin]

thanks a lot 73ckn797!
it worked perfectly! :)

[73ckn797]

thanks a lot 73ckn797!
it worked perfectly! :)

Glad I could help. I actually have my T'bird directory shared with WinXP. Need to change that.

[73ckn797]

I have recently started using Evolution. It has a good back-up function that will restore itself also. It saves to a file, all of the info. I backup to a flash stick. Evolution comes default in Ubuntu.

[73ckn797]

I had to format my hd so I made a copy of /home/user and when ubuntu was up again I copied it back, firefox is working perfectly, all the markers etc., but Thunderbird is not, it doesn't ecognize the previous backup, anybody has an idea? It's VERY important for me to recover all that.
Thanks!

Sorgin

http://rebelarte.ourpoject.org


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