Not entirely sure how I got that whole inbox folder back but I hadn't
realized that no only can I redirect the local folders, but I can
redirect a whole account. Did that, got the stuff out of the old inbox,
then switched back. I'm amazed that I actually saved all my mail.
There's got to be a better way to save mail than in some mail client's
special format....
Steve
maccrawj wrote:
Sounds like an embedded path could be causing issues. Since this
profile was likely auto-created originally it's relative to the TB
appdata directory rather than an absolute path.
http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/profile
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_mail_storage_location_%28Thunderbird%29
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_FAQs_:_Changing_Profile_Folder_Location
This kind of trouble is why I never let TB or FF auto-create a profile
and why I never store the profile under the appdata tree where they
want me to.
Steve Tomporowski wrote:
Okay, I'm managed to get my local folders moved over but I'm stuck on
the old inboxes (note there were 3 email accounts). Apparently I
can't rename them and move them, nor can I just move them to a
subfolder. The folder shows up, however the mail does not. Not
actually a big loss, I don't remember what I had there....;-).
Interesting to note that once you point to a different location for
local folders, if you create a new folder, at least in this case, it
doesn't go there.....interesting....
Steve
maccrawj wrote:
RAR/Zip/7z whatever as long as it doesn't move the NTFS security it
should not matter.
The one thing I found just now double checking mine is that
"extensions.ini" & "prefs.js" DO have embedded URL paths. I've not
hit that since my paths never change. Should be simple enough to
search & replace both sets of settings with a text editor.
Note:
ini uses standard paths "D:\folder\subfolder\"
js uses escaped paths "D:\\folder\\subfolder\\"
I'll stress the TrueCrypt volume point again since it not only
secures the contents but also means the path never changes!
Steve Tomporowski wrote:
Thanks, I take a look at that. I'll have to figure out how to move
the location of the files since they're still under the old XP
documents & settings.
Steve
maccrawj wrote:
1. Backup your profile folder!
Key is to manually create a TB (FF also works this way) profile
using "Thunderbird.exe -profilemanger" which lets you point to the
folder you want to use rather than it creating a random named folder.
Since I keep My Documents, Firefox & TBird profiles, etc... on a
TrueCrypt volume mounted as P:, it matters not what OS or logon I
use those key folders are windows profile agnostic! Pointing FF &
TB to this setup has worked flawlessly through windows dual boots,
reinstalls & upgrades.
Steve Tomporowski wrote:
Okay, now I am coming live from Windows 7....No complaints so
far...except with M-Audio. It seems that they wrote their 64bit
driver to only detect Vista64, so it refused to install. To my
chagrin, the Realtek High Definition Driver actually sounds
better on the same speakers....
Anyways, Tbird is now installed under 7, so does anyone know how
to get my mail copied over? It's still on the other drive, but
Tbird did not give me any option to copy from Tbird....
Thanks...Steve
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