Lost Emails

I recently went through moving from TBird2 to Portable TBird3. The way to manually move your old email to new, in short, is to copy the old folder for each account to the new location, then point the new email account to it.

In more detail: The old account will be a folder under the old location such as:
D:\Documents and Settings\you\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\erqgmti0.default\

Copy the account folder to the new location which will be something like:
F:\PortableApps\Thunderbird\Data\profile\Mail\

Then start up the new TBird, create the new account, and in the Account Settings - Server Settings, there is a button to allow you to Browse to the "Local directory" and select the account folder you moved. Then save this and promptly exit and restart TBird.

It should then find, open, and index the account folder. Additional details and cleanup, such as finishing setting up the incoming and outgoing service can then be completed for the account. You should probably also watch for the new folders created for you as you create this new account. After you point TBird to the copied account, you can delete the old folders.

TBird 3 seems pretty good to me after I tripped over the same problem others have that it starts up showing the new Smart Folders view. Note that the folders are same as they were, this is just a "view" that can be switched via the teeny, obscure little direction arrows in the bar above the folders, or via the menu using View - Folders. Switch that view back to "All Folders" and things look familiar.

Was this Thunderbird Portable 2 that you upgraded to Thunderbird Portable 3? If so, how did you uninstall? Uninstalling via the menu removes the app and the data as the warning states.