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| ====== Thunderbird (TB) notes ====== | ====== Thunderbird (TB) notes ====== | ||
| - | <note tip>The Thunderbird configuration (settings, local mailboxes, address books, etc...) is stored by default in the user's Windows directory. It's a good idea to move it to another known place, in order to be able to back it up or move it to another computer!</note> | + | <note tip>The Thunderbird configuration folder (settings, local mailboxes, address books, etc...) is stored by default //somewhere// in the user's Windows directory (''C:\Users\<your_login>''). |
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| + | It's a good idea to move this folder to another known place, in order to be able to back it up or move it to a new computer later!</note> | ||
| <note warning>\\ If you are using Linux, go the the [[other:linux:tb_ff|Thunderbird and Firefox on Linux]] page</note> | <note warning>\\ If you are using Linux, go the the [[other:linux:tb_ff|Thunderbird and Firefox on Linux]] page</note> | ||
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| ====== Prerequisite ====== | ====== Prerequisite ====== | ||
| - | You need to be able to see Windows' hidden directories in order to access the configuration directory | + | You need to be able to see Windows' hidden folder in order to access the configuration directory |
| - | - Open a Windows' window by double-clicking on the computer icon | + | * [[other:win7config#displaying_hidden_folders|Displaying hidden folders on Windows 7]] |
| - | * Windows XP: Select Tools => Folders' options => Display | + | * [[other:win10config#displaying_hidden_folders|Displaying hidden folders on Windows 10]] |
| - | * Windows 7: Select Organize => Folders and search options => Display | + | |
| - | - Enable Display hidden files and folders | + | |
| - | ====== Moving the TB configuration directory ====== | + | ====== Moving the TB configuration directory to a specific directory ====== |
| - | - Make sure TB is not running! | + | - <wrap hi>Make sure TB is not running!</wrap> |
| - Go to the TB directory | - Go to the TB directory | ||
| - | * Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<your_login>\Application Data\Thunderbird | + | * Windows XP: ''C:\Documents and Settings\<your_login>\Application Data\Thunderbird'' |
| - | * Windows 7: C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird | + | * Windows 7: ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird'' |
| - | - Locate the TB configuration directory in the Thunderbird\Profiles directory (a sub-directory named <random_string>.default) | + | * Windows 10: ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird'' |
| - | - Copy <random_string>.default to a fixed and known location on the computer, preferably a sub-directory of the manually created [[other:win7migrate#be_ready_to_move_your_files|user DATA FOLDER]] and give a meaningful name to the directory | + | - Locate the TB configuration directory in the ''Thunderbird\Profiles'' directory (a sub-directory named ''<random_string>.default'') |
| - | * We suggest: <random_string>.default\ => <disk:>\Users\<your_login>\Thunderbird\Profiles\<your_login>_TB\ | + | - Copy ''<random_string>.default'' to a fixed and known location on the computer, preferably a sub-directory of the manually created [[other:win7migrate#be_ready_to_move_your_files|user DATA FOLDER]] and give a meaningful name to the directory |
| - | - Edit the Thunderbird\profiles.ini file so that TB knows where to look for the new location of its configuration directory | + | * We suggest the following copy/rename: ''<random_string>.default\'' => ''<disk:>\Users\<your_login>\Thunderbird\Profiles\<your_login>_TB\'' |
| - | * IsRelative=1\\ => IsRelative=0 | + | - Edit the ''Thunderbird\profiles.ini'' file so that TB knows where to look for the new location of its configuration directory |
| - | * Path=Profiles\<random_string>.default\\ => Path=<disk:>\Users\<your_login>\Thunderbird\Profiles\<your_login>_TB | + | * ''IsRelative=1''\\ => ''IsRelative=0'' |
| + | * ''Path=Profiles\<random_string>.default''\\ => ''Path=<disk:>\Users\<your_login>\Thunderbird\Profiles\<your_login>_TB'' | ||
| - Start TB and check that everything is the same as before | - Start TB and check that everything is the same as before | ||
| - | - Later, when things seem to work correctly, remove the original Thunderbird\Profiles\<random_string>.default directory! | + | - **Later**, when things seem to work correctly, remove the original ''Thunderbird\Profiles\<random_string>.default'' directory! |
| ====== Restoring a TB configuration directory ====== | ====== Restoring a TB configuration directory ====== | ||
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| * ''<disk:>\Users\<your_login>\Thunderbird\Profiles\<your_login>_TB'' | * ''<disk:>\Users\<your_login>\Thunderbird\Profiles\<your_login>_TB'' | ||
| - | - Start and exit TB, in order to have it initialize the default configuration | + | - Start and exit TB, in order to have it initialize its default configuration |
| - Go to the configuration directory: | - Go to the configuration directory: | ||
| * Windows 7: ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird'' | * Windows 7: ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird'' | ||
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| * ''Path=Profiles\<random_string>.default''\\ => ''Path=<disk:>\Users\<your_login>\Thunderbird\Profiles\<your_login>_TB'' | * ''Path=Profiles\<random_string>.default''\\ => ''Path=<disk:>\Users\<your_login>\Thunderbird\Profiles\<your_login>_TB'' | ||
| - Start TB and check that everything is OK and that you have access to your existing mailboxes and settings | - Start TB and check that everything is OK and that you have access to your existing mailboxes and settings | ||
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| + | ====== More ====== | ||
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| + | You should be OK if you followed the steps above! You can get extra information in: | ||
| + | * [[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-thunderbird-stores-user-data|Profiles - Where Thunderbird stores your messages and other user data]] | ||
| + | * [[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer|Moving Thunderbird Data to a New Computer]] | ||
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other/thunderbird.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/28 10:46 by jypeter
