here https://portableapps.com/de/support/thunderbird_portable#encryption you can read
Ihre lokalen Profile von Thunderbird sind üblicherweise im Verzeichnis C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\default.???\ installiert.
and that is wrong, it must be C:\Users\Name\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles
I thing this mistake will be in all languages
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That description is just older for Windows 2000/XP. Your description is for Vista and later. Technically, we need both. I'll likely be removing most of these German support files as they haven't been maintained in years.
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