From: pinnerite@gmail.com   
      
   On Mon, 1 Sep 2025 18:36:44 +0200   
   Monsieur  wrote:   
      
   > Mike Easter wrote:   
   >   
   > > I solved it by opening a file manager as root, but plenty of advice   
   > > places say, "Don't do that."   
   > >   
   >   
   > Already did that, I opened the home folder as root and then copied   
   > everything in there. Didn't work for me, except for a few small things   
   > that came back. But most of my stuff is still not there.   
      
   Never blindly copy ame directory to another machine.   
   First make hidden files visible.   
   Next copy everything BUT those.   
   Later, work out which ones you need such as .thunderbird and copy those   
   separately. I recently had a fear that sylpheed was going to cause   
   problems because my config file for sylpheed read .sylpheed-2 when the   
   version installed was sylphhed-3. It turned out that didn't matter.   
      
   Best of luck,   
      
   Alan   
      
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