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Subject: Re: Obsolete files in Profile
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Newyana2 wrote:
> On 4/25/2025 8:37 AM, knuttle wrote:

>> I just check the Thunderbird folder in Local.  There are two profiles 
>> folders, One is empty.    The other looks like it is start up 
>> information with a cache, safebrowsing, and startupcache floders. All 
>> have minimal data.
>> 
>> Has someone tried to transfer a profile and copied it to the wrong folder?
> 
>    Hmm. Both folders have the same random profile name. Could
> I have accidentally copied a backup to the wrong place? The
> email in the local folder seems out of date by about a year. That
> would be from the time I was setting up this system.

So just pack it into a zip file, delete that folder and see how
thunderbird reacts.
*Or* better: first look in Thunderbird, which folder it actually uses:
Help - Troubleshooting Information: Profile Directory - Open Directory

[..snip..]
> But the profile folder is like an outdated version of the Romaing
> profile folder.

Yeah, a typical behavior of MS Windows, the possibility to clutter
personal data and preferences all over the system in different locations.
I always hated this inconsistency.
In *every* Linux system your Thunderbird profiles are located under
"/home/<your account name>/.thunderbird/". Totally transparent and no
doubts.