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How to Backup Thunderbird Email on Windows 7
By Ed Reckers on June 27, 2011
Backing up Mozilla Thunderbird email on Windows 7 is a simple process of archiving your Thunderbird profile. Follow these steps to backup emails for Thunderbird on Windows 7:
Step 1 Close Mozilla Thunderbird
Step 2 Viewing Hidden Files and Folders
select Start menu
search ?folder options? and select Folder Options
select View tab
select ?Show hidden files, folders, and drives
select Apply
select OK to close
Step 3 Locate and Archive your Profile
select file explorer
navigate to C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles
locate *.profile (preceded with random 8 character set: ie. v03180j5.profile)
zip *.profile (right click v03180j5.profile and Add to Zip)*
* You?ll need to download and install a ZIP untility such as 7-Zip
Congratulations, you have just backed up your Mozilla Thunderbird email on Windows 7. You can now take this zipped file of your Thunderbird email and safely store. Please remember to remove the ZIP file from the Profiles directory.
If there was ever a time that you need to revert or pull this archive back into your profile, you?ll just need to take the files (ONLY the files) within your *.profile and set those in a new *.profile folder that would be created after a fresh Mozilla Thunderbird install.