I might add that I'd only been looking at the FAQ last night because I will shortly be dealing with the somewhat similar problem of migrating all my emails, settings, etc. to Thunderbird on a new computer. If the FAQ is to be believed, all I need to do is copy the profiles folder from the old to the new computer after shutting down Thunderbird for the last time on the old machine. If I overwrite the profiles folder of the new, unused Thunderbird installation, then it should have everything just as it was when I last used the old installation.
alanrf wrote: > You will need to edit and modify your Thunderbird profiles.ini file to > make this work. I do not think there is a GUI method to help so if > you experience any problems after reading the FAQ to which Chris > Clifton referred you then let us know and I am sure we can help. > > On Aug 23, 11:19 pm, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Click on "Help" in Thunderbird, then "Thunderbird help" in the menu that >> opens. In the web page that opens, click on the Mozilla Thunderbird FAQ >> link, then look for the "How do I move my profile or restore a backed up >> copy? question. The answer to this should tell you all you need to know. >> Question of my own. Why does Thunderbird's spell checker always flag its >> own name as misspelled? >> >> >> >> William Klein wrote: >> >>> Using the Mozilla Thunderbird profile manager, I have created a new >>> profile named University on my external G drive. When the drive is >>> turned on and accessible I can start Thunderbird with the following >>> command: >>> >>> "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -P "University" >>> >>> I have copied the Profiles directory from the external drive to my >>> internal D drive, which is more convenient because it is always turned >>> on and accessible. However, the above command fails to detect the new >>> location of the University profile. >>> >>> The full path name of the new location is: >>> >>> D:\Documents and Settings\Bill\Application >>> Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\p25jhy5v.default >>> >>> I would appreciate instructions on how to tell Thunderbird that the >>> the profile location has been changed from the G to the D drive. The >>> profile manager has only the options Create, rename and Delete. >>> Thanks, Bill >>> >> -- >> > > > > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thunderbird Webmail Extension" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thunderbird-webmail-extension?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
