Select the ".pcv" file that contains your backed-up profile. 
If you do not want to overwrite any of the profiles listed in the MozBackup screen, you should create a new profile by clicking on the "New Profile" button (you may need to click on the "Refresh" button afterwards) or if this doesn't work you can exit MozBackup, create a new profile with the Thunderbird Profile Manager and launch MozBackup to begin the restore process again.
The next screen will prompt you, "Select the profile you want to restore." Important: the profile you select will be overwritten by the contents of the profile that is backed up in the ".pcv" file. Launch MozBackup, choose the "Restore" option, and follow the instructions. If it has not been launched yet, it is probably best to launch it once to make sure the "profiles.ini" file has been created. Make sure Thunderbird has been installed on the computer. Then burn this file onto a CD or store it elsewhere for safekeeping. Click on through the remaining screens until the. Take note of where the file will be saved. At the bottom of the next screen you can specify the location of the backup file ("*.pcv") that will be created. After downloading and installing MozBackup, launch the utility, choose the "Backup" option and follow the instructions. 
If Thunderbird is running, exit the application. Its recommended that you verify that you can restore a backup it creates before relying upon it. While Mozbackup is extremely popular in the forums, it's no longer maintained. The beta doesn't seem to have that problem. Mozbackup 1.5.1 usually works fine but a few users have had problems where it doesn't backup everything it is supposed to. Use Mozbackup 1.5.2 Beta 1 (there is a download link for it in the News section) rather than the version available at the normal download link. It can be downloaded from the MozBackup homepage, where additional MozBackup documentation is also available. MozBackup can also be used to back up and restore Firefox, Mozilla Suite, and Netscape 7 profiles. It works by backing up a Thunderbird profile into a single file (named "*.pcv"), which can then be restored on the same Windows computer or a different one. MozBackup is a standalone utility (for Windows only) rather than a Thunderbird extension. 6 How to set the default folder for backup files.
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