Windows 8.1, why Thunderbird have profiles in username\appdata\local and username\appdata\roaming?

I searched online for how to find my address book and found an article that says to look in Users\username\appdata\local\thunderbird. I have not found it, I don't have to search and found in Users\username\appdata\roaming\thunderbird. Do I the Users\username\appdata\local\thunderbird directory, or is it a remnant of a previous version of Thunderbird? I would delete if I don't need.

Background information:
When the Thunderbird program is installed it puts it here:

  • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\

or if you are using 64-bit windows, it will be here:

  • C:\Program Files (x 86) \Mozilla Thunderbird\

When you run Thunderbird, it will create a default profile, and this is where all your accounts email, address books, filters, passwords etc. are stored. Use for backup purposes.

  • C:\Users\Windows user name\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\Profile name\

Windows also creates some cache folders and files, that is stored here:

  • C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Thunderbird

These files and folders do not contain any emails etc and are not necessary for backup purposes.

You can clear the cache of Thunderbird.
Tools > clear recent history.

Windows uses the AppData\Local.
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-GB/Windows-8/what-APPDATA-folder

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