309156 - Can't use old profile

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Profile: BackEnd, defect)

Description

[jeff douglas]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Thunderbird 1.0.6 Build 20050716

Yesterday I had to delete a partition on my harddrive (Linux OS installed on
that partition not working - "unstable"). When I recovered my harddrive, I had
to reinstall my Thunderbird. The reinstall worked without a problem. I then went
to Thunderbird's "profile.ini" file and changed the path location to my saved
profile file address and the "Isrelative=1" to "Isrelative=0". Unfortunately it
didn't resume/import that profile. Then I moved the saved/old profile to another
address (it was on my external HD to start with) - My Documents. Same result,
though. Finally I removed Thunderbird and reinstalled. Same result. I've got the
old profile, so I haven't technically lost the folders, address book, etc. but
it I just can't use it.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.See above.
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Actual Results:  
Nothing happens, that's the problem.

Expected Results:  
It should have imported my old profile and restored the "new" Thunderbird to
look like my previous version.

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

You can let thunderbird create a new profile and then replace the files in it.
However, *never* put the profile in My Documents!

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

jeff - your linux build string for thunderbird is ...?

Comment 3

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

->INVALID: no response from reporter.