[nzlug] Migrating details

[Andrew Bruce]

Hi Simon,

I did this at home not to long ago.

I found the easiest way to do this was to install Firefox and 
Thunderbird in the Windows side and allow them to import their settings 
from the MS apps.

Then just to export in native Mozilla format (for both), or manually 
copy the required files somewhere safe before doing the install.

Do the install and import the files again.

This just worked for me, but no guarantees.  It might pay in your case, 
once you've done the export from the Windows Mozilla tools, to load them 
into blank profiles on a Linux machine somewhere just to ensure that it 
is doable before going through and wiping the HDD.

Andrew Bruce



Simon wrote:
> Someone wants to migrate from windows to linux, but they want to keep
> their IE and Outlook contacts etc. I know firefox and thunderbird will
> do this automatically when installed to windows. But how does one get
> that info to linux?
>
> My idea was to save the appropriate (mozilla) files from windows, but
> there may be a better way known to the list... anyway, I don't know
> which files.
>
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