How to move your saved Firefox\Thunderbird settings from Windows XP to Ubuntu

One of the reasons that prevented me from sticking with Ubuntu is not being able to copy my Firefox bookmarks and saved passwords and Thunderbird’s emails and accounts.

After asking in Ubuntu Forums, got my problem solved in no time… All you have to do is the following:

For Firefox, Copy the content of the following folder (in Windows XP):
“C:\Documents and Settings\[YOUR USERNAME]\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox”

To (in Ubuntu in my case):
“/home/[YOUR USERNAME]/.mozilla/firefox”

And for Thunderbird, Copy the content of the following folder (in Windows XP):
“C:\Documents and Settings\[YOUR USERNAME]\Local Settings\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\[RANDOM STRING].default”

To (in Ubuntu in my case):
“/home/[YOUR USERNAME]/.mozilla-thunderbird/[RANDOM STRING].default”

*   NOTES:
[YOUR USERNAME] might differ from Windows XP and Ubuntu depends on how you set them in the beginning (during installation)… And [RANDOM STRING] is a word made by mixing random letters and numbers… You dont have to worry about’em just copy whats inside…

If you face a trouble during that process lemme know and I’ll try to help or go to Ubuntu Forums related thread.

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