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====== Thunderbird (TB) notes ====== | ====== Thunderbird (TB) notes ====== | ||
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<note tip>The Thunderbird configuration folder (settings, local mailboxes, address books, etc...) is stored by default //somewhere// in a hidden section of the user's Windows directory (''C:\Users\<your_login>''). | <note tip>The Thunderbird configuration folder (settings, local mailboxes, address books, etc...) is stored by default //somewhere// in a hidden section of the user's Windows directory (''C:\Users\<your_login>''). | ||
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<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> | ||
- | ====== Prerequisite ====== | + | ===== Using TB for reading LSCE mail ===== |
- | * You **must** be able to see Windows' hidden folders in order to access the configuration directory | + | * You //just// have to add a new mail account to TB, using [[https://intranet.lsce.ipsl.fr/informatique/en/mail/index.php|LSCE IMAP and SMTP server settings]] |
- | * [[other:win7config#displaying_hidden_folders|Displaying hidden folders on Windows 7]] | + | |
- | * [[other:win10config#displaying_hidden_folders|Displaying hidden folders on Windows 10]] | + | |
- | * You **must** have started (**and exited**) TB at least once (in order to initialize the configuration files) | + | * Adding a LSCE account can be done before or after moving the TB folder |
- | ====== Moving the TB configuration directory to a specific directory ====== | + | ===== Prerequisites ===== |
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+ | ==== Showing hidden directories ==== | ||
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+ | You **must** be able to see Windows' hidden folders in order to access the configuration directory | ||
+ | * [[other:win10config#displaying_hidden_folders_and_files|Windows 10: displaying hidden folders]] | ||
+ | * [[other:win7config#displaying_hidden_folders|Windows 7: displaying hidden folders]] | ||
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+ | ==== Initializing TB configuration files ==== | ||
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+ | You **must** have started (**and exited**) TB at least once (in order to initialize the configuration files) | ||
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+ | ==== Finding the configuration files ==== | ||
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+ | The location of the **TB main directory** (where all the configuration files are located) depends on your system | ||
+ | * **Windows 10** or **Windows 7**: ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird'' | ||
+ | * **Windows XP**: ''C:\Documents and Settings\<your_login>\Application Data\Thunderbird'' | ||
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+ | ===== Debugging Thunderbird ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Most people can skip this section! | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Starting TB in [[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_Mode|Safe Mode]]: hold the ''Shift'' key while double-clicking on the TB icon | ||
+ | * You can disable (and possibly) remove extensions | ||
+ | * If TB behaves strangely and using the //Safe Mode// does not help, you may have to remove the configuration files mentioned in the following pages. You very probably won't lose your mailbox(es) settings and your local folder! | ||
+ | * [[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Thunderbird|Standard diagnostic]] | ||
+ | * [[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Toolbar_or_windows_layout_not_working|Toolbar or windows layout not working]] | ||
+ | * [[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/unable-install-add-on-extension-theme-thunderbird#w_corrupt-extension-files|corrupt extension files]] | ||
+ | * [[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/rebuilding-global-database|Rebuilding the Global Database]] | ||
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+ | ===== Moving the TB configuration directory to a specific directory ===== | ||
- <wrap hi>Make sure TB is not running!</wrap> | - <wrap hi>Make sure TB is not running!</wrap> | ||
- | - Go to the TB main directory | + | - Go to the **TB main directory** (see the //prerequisites// above) |
- | * **Windows XP**: ''C:\Documents and Settings\<your_login>\Application Data\Thunderbird'' | + | |
- | * **Windows 7** or **Windows 10**: ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird'' | + | |
- Locate the TB configuration directory in the ''Thunderbird\Profiles'' directory (a sub-directory named ''<random_string>.default'') | - Locate the TB configuration directory in the ''Thunderbird\Profiles'' directory (a sub-directory named ''<random_string>.default'') | ||
- <wrap hi>Are you doing this operation for the //first time//, or //restoring// settings from another computer?</wrap> | - <wrap hi>Are you doing this operation for the //first time//, or //restoring// settings from another computer?</wrap> | ||
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- **Later**, when things seem to work correctly, remove the original ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\<random_string>.default'' directory! | - **Later**, when things seem to work correctly, remove the original ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\<random_string>.default'' directory! | ||
- | ====== Restoring a TB configuration directory ====== | + | ===== Restoring a TB configuration directory ===== |
You have copied a TB configuration from another computer to your new computer and want to use it! We assume that the copied TB directory is: | You have copied a TB configuration from another computer to your new computer and want to use it! We assume that the copied TB directory is: | ||
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- Go to the configuration directory: | - Go to the configuration directory: | ||
* **Windows 7** or **Windows 10**: ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird'' | * **Windows 7** or **Windows 10**: ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird'' | ||
- | - Do some cleaning: | + | - **Do some cleaning**: |
- Remove the the ''Thunderbird\Profiles\<random_string>.default\'' directory that was created when you started TB for the first time on this computer | - Remove the the ''Thunderbird\Profiles\<random_string>.default\'' directory that was created when you started TB for the first time on this computer | ||
- | - Remove the ''Thunderbird\installs.ini'' file (it will be automatically recreated later) | + | - Remove the ''Thunderbird\installs.ini'' file and the ''Crash Reports'' and ''Pending Pings'' directories (they will be automatically recreated later) |
- Edit the ''Thunderbird\profiles.ini'' file so that TB knows where to look for the new location of its configuration directory | - Edit the ''Thunderbird\profiles.ini'' file so that TB knows where to look for the new location of its configuration directory | ||
* ''IsRelative=1''\\ => ''IsRelative=0'' | * ''IsRelative=1''\\ => ''IsRelative=0'' | ||
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- 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 | ||
- | <note warning>When following the TB steps to restore a **Firefox** (FF) configuration, **it is possible that FF will create a new configuration**, instead of the one specified in ''profiles.ini''. If that's the case: | + | |
+ | ===== A note about the FIREFOX profile on the Thunderbird page ===== | ||
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+ | <note warning>**Firefox configuration special note**! | ||
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+ | \\ When following the TB steps to restore a **Firefox** (FF) configuration, **it is possible that FF will create a new configuration**, instead of the one specified in ''profiles.ini''. | ||
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+ | {{ :other:ff_new_profile.png?300 |}} | ||
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+ | If that's the case: | ||
+ | - Click on //Continue// and don't worry about the creation of a new profile | ||
- Open the profile configuration page, by pasting ''about:profiles'' in the location bar of FF | - Open the profile configuration page, by pasting ''about:profiles'' in the location bar of FF | ||
- On this profile config page, locate the profile stored in ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox'' | - On this profile config page, locate the profile stored in ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox'' | ||
- Click on ''Define as default'' to make this the default profile | - Click on ''Define as default'' to make this the default profile | ||
- Restart FF | - Restart FF | ||
- | - Open ''about:profiles'' again and remove the profile(s) that is(/are) not using ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox''</note> | + | - Open ''about:profiles'' again and remove the profile(s) that is(/are) not using ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox'' |
+ | * e.g. Remove a profile looking like\\ ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\vqtxn50e.default-release'' | ||
+ | </note> | ||
- | ====== More ====== | + | ===== More ===== |
You should be OK if you **correctly** followed the steps above! You can get extra information in: | You should be OK if you **correctly** followed the steps above! You can get extra information in: |