Having trouble importing address book from my old computer
I am running Thunderbird v 102 on a Linux powered laptop. My old laptop is similar also running v. 102. I have tried to follow directions for exporting and importing my address book. There appears to be several "profiles" (named similar to: acva9su7.default ?) and I'm not sure the correct one is being selected to be exported. I have not yet been able to make export/import work. I have read that the address book data is stored in a file named abook.sqlite and that all that is needed is to copy this file to the new system. However, again, how do I know which profile to look in for this file. When searching around, I sometimes find similar file names such as "abook.v3.sqlite". I have tried copying some of those files, but I'm not sure where to put them and I have not yet found the proper place to make it work. Thanks
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Yes. I understand that the address book is contained somewhere within the profile. However. there are three different profiles on the old computer and I thought that it was maybe using the wrong one because it wasn't working. After going to Tools>Export, I tried to direct to to put the "zip" file directly onto my usb stick. That didn't work as when I did Tools>import on the new computer, I got nothing. After getting your message, I tried the same again, however this time I allowed it to create a new folder Thunderbird... and place the "zip" file there. I then moved it to the usb and then ran Tools>Import on the new computer. This time it worked. It doesn't seem like what I did the first time should have been a problem, but at least the job is done. Thanks
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First, the addressbook is in the profile. If you copy profile, you also have the addressbook. On old machine, click Tools>Export to create a full profile.
On new machine, you can import it by Tools>Import.
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Yes. I understand that the address book is contained somewhere within the profile. However. there are three different profiles on the old computer and I thought that it was maybe using the wrong one because it wasn't working. After going to Tools>Export, I tried to direct to to put the "zip" file directly onto my usb stick. That didn't work as when I did Tools>import on the new computer, I got nothing. After getting your message, I tried the same again, however this time I allowed it to create a new folder Thunderbird... and place the "zip" file there. I then moved it to the usb and then ran Tools>Import on the new computer. This time it worked. It doesn't seem like what I did the first time should have been a problem, but at least the job is done. Thanks