Inability to export and then import my secret key

[Mirimir]

On 08/11/2015 05:43 PM, Bryant Evans wrote:
> I am using Gpg4Win and Enigmail in Thunderbird. I have been a user
> of Enigmail for years without difficulty. Today I tried to load a
> new computer and tried to export my secret key from my old machine
> to the new one. The system tells me
> 
> Importing the keys failed
> 
> gpg: key 1C0B95E5: "J. Bryant Evans <bryant at bryantevans.com>" not 
> changed gpg: key 1C0B95E5: "J. Bryant Evans 
> <bryant at bryantevans.com>" not changed gpg: key 1C0B95E5/1C0B95E5: 
> error sending to agent: End of file gpg: Total number processed: 3
>  gpg:              unchanged: 2 gpg:       secret keys read: 2
> 
> The result is that I can neither sign nor decrypt using my secret
> key. I can verify signatures from other people. The system at home,
> on which I am now writing this message, works fine.
> 
> I appear to be running 2.0.19 and GPG4WIN 2.1.1
> 
> Your thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated. Bryant

It's simplest to just copy the gpg folder. Importing private keys is
broken by design.