Transfer emails
Michael Dobony
upgraded the Vista partition to Windows 7 and used Mozbackup to transfer
setting in Thunderbird and also tried copying the Profile directory from XP
to W7, but neither is copying my emails. How do I transfer my email
already received from XP to W7?
Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo
one of the great things about TB is you can use the
same mail directories from one OS to another. Here's
what I mean:
Open TB in XP, then click on Tools, Account Settings,
select an account, and under Server Settings, on the
bottom right, look for something called Local
Directory. If you look at that line, that is the
location of that account. Take note of that location.
Now, open TB in win7. Go to those settings, and
change the location of that account and have it point
to the location of the xp account. OK your way out,
close TB and reopen it. Now, you should be able to
share the same files and accounts between the two OSs.
Just don't have them open at the same time with.
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Michael Dobony
> Michael Dobony wrote:
>> I have been dual booting to Vista and XP (actually booting to XP only). I
>> upgraded the Vista partition to Windows 7 and used Mozbackup to transfer
>> setting in Thunderbird and also tried copying the Profile directory from XP
>> to W7, but neither is copying my emails. How do I transfer my email
>> already received from XP to W7?
>
> one of the great things about TB is you can use the
> same mail directories from one OS to another. Here's
> what I mean:
>
> Open TB in XP, then click on Tools, Account Settings,
> select an account, and under Server Settings, on the
> bottom right, look for something called Local
> Directory. If you look at that line, that is the
> location of that account. Take note of that location.
> Now, open TB in win7. Go to those settings, and
> change the location of that account and have it point
> to the location of the xp account. OK your way out,
> close TB and reopen it. Now, you should be able to
> share the same files and accounts between the two OSs.
> Just don't have them open at the same time with.
Thanks. However, I copied all directories affected to the new W7 disc as I
hope to go to one OS, key word is operating. Vista has not lived up to that
title on my Vista laptop, hence the need to "dual-boot."