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| From | Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.thunderbird |
| Subject | Re: Obsolete files in Profile |
| Date | 2025-04-25 08:28 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vufv42$3v9q6$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vuftfg$3slsk$1@dont-email.me> |
On 4/25/2025 7:59 AM, knuttle wrote: > A week or two ago I asked how to scrub unused files from my Thunderbird > Profile folder. I had over 20 Prefix files. > > This is what I found. > https://kb.mozillazine.org/Files_and_folders_in_the_profile_-_Thunderbird > > I removed all of the file that the above said were obsolete or replaced > by another file in the profile. > > It is not on this page but I found the only valid Prefs file was the one > with the highest number. I remove all of the Prefs files except the > highest number. ie Prefs1, Prefs2, Prefs3 ... I removed all but Prefs3. > > Lastly, I looked at the abook.mab files, and realized there are three. > abook.sqlite, abook.sqlite-shm, and abook.sqlite-wal. > I remove all the abook files that did not have all three files. > I don't have multiple prefs files. And the abook files are tiny except for the actual address book. I clean up by weeding out old email and attachments, so that the whole thing is maybe 40-50MB. My question is why there's also a profile in Local, and it seems to copy much of what's in Roaming.
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Obsolete files in Profile knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-25 07:59 -0400
Re: Obsolete files in Profile Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-04-25 08:28 -0400
Re: Obsolete files in Profile knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-25 08:37 -0400
Re: Obsolete files in Profile Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-04-25 12:09 -0400
Re: Obsolete files in Profile knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-25 13:19 -0400
Re: Obsolete files in Profile Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-04-25 22:38 -0400
Re: Obsolete files in Profile Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2025-04-26 02:04 +0200
Re: Obsolete files in Profile "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-04-25 09:53 -0400
Re: Obsolete files in Profile knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-25 10:18 -0400
Re: Obsolete files in Profile Mr Xi Ji Ping <ping@china.cn> - 2025-04-25 23:45 +0000
Re: Obsolete files in Profile "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-04-25 21:22 +0200
Re: Obsolete files in Profile Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2025-04-25 15:55 -0700
Re: Obsolete files in Profile occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2025-04-30 12:10 +0200
Re: Obsolete files in Profile knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-30 07:27 -0400
Re: Obsolete files in Profile occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2025-04-30 14:21 +0200
Re: Obsolete files in Profile "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-04-30 21:33 +0200
Re: Obsolete files in Profile occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2025-05-01 12:38 +0200
Re: Obsolete files in Profile "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-05-01 19:53 +0200
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