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To install, just download the ZIP file and unzip it anywhere on your USB drive.

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2 -profile "path" command line argumentįor Windows users, the easiest way to do all this is with Portable Thunderbird, which is an official build of Thunderbird that has been repackaged "as a complete, removable drive-friendly email client." One of its key features is a special launcher to make your Thunderbird extensions portable.This can be useful if you don't know whether your profile was corrupt or you had been running into problems with a bad profiles.ini file. However, it can also be used by somebody who has installed Thunderbird on a hard disk and wants to run Thunderbird using a -profile "path" command line argument to specify the profiles location.

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This article was originally written for roving Thunderbird users, who take a USB drive from PC to PC. it is comparing it to the original rotational speed of a CD player. If the speed rating is listed as 150x, 200x etc. However, in reality a generic drive might support only 2MBs reading or writing while a fast drive might support 30MBs read and 10MBs write. The USB 2.0 specification supports a theoretical peak transfer rate of 60MBs.

It is important to chose a fast USB drive, because USB drives are slow compared to a hard disk.

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In order to do this, you need to install Thunderbird (the application itself) on the USB drive, create a profile on the USB drive, and launch Thunderbird using the correct parameters so that it can find the profile on the USB drive.

Save profiles.ini and restart Thunderbird.Beginning with version 0.7, Thunderbird can be run from a USB memory stick or other portable drive.

For example, in Windows, non-relative paths use backslashes, whereas relative ones use forward slashes.

If you switch from a relative path to a non-relative path, the direction of the slashes may need to change.

Change the Path= line to the new location.

In the profiles.ini file, locate the entry for the profile you've just moved.

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The path is %AppData%\Thunderbird\ for Windows ~/.thunderbird/ for Linux ~/Library/Thunderbird/ for Mac OS X.The file is located in the application data folder for Thunderbird: Open up the profiles.ini file in a text editor.

Just note the current location of the profile you want to restore.) (If you are reverting to a backed up profile, this step isn't necessary. For example, on Windows XP, move the profile from C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\fault to D:\Stuff\MyMailProfile.

Move the profile folder to the desired location.

Occasionally, you might want to move a profile or tell Thunderbird to use a profile stored in another location.

Paste the contents of the backed up profile folder into the new profile folder, overwriting existing files of the same name.

Locate and open the new profile folder as explained above and then close Thunderbird (if open).

Copy the entire contents of the profile folder backup, such as the mimeTypes.rdf file, prefs.js file, etc.

Open the profile folder backup (e.g., the fault backup).

Locate the backed up profile folder on your hard drive or backup medium (e.g., your USB-stick).

Note: If you just installed Thunderbird on a new computer, you can use the default profile that is automatically created when you first run Thunderbird, instead of creating a new profile.

If your existing profile folder and profile backup folder have the same name, simply replace the existing profile folder with the profile backup, then start Thunderbird.

a USB-stick or a blank CD-RW disc), and select Paste item.

Right-click Hold down the Ctrl key while you click the backup location (e.g.

Right-click Hold down the Ctrl key while you click on your profile folder (e.g.

to %APPDATA%\Thunderbird\Profiles\ ~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/ ~/.mozilla/Thunderbird/

Go to one level above your profile's folder, i.e.

Locate your profile folder, as explained above.

To back up your profile, first close Thunderbird if it is open and then copy the profile folder to another location. If you only have one profile, its folder would have "default" in the name. Your profile folder is within this folder.

Click the View menu and select Show Hidden Files if it isn't already checked.

(Ubuntu) Click the Places menu on the top right of the screen and select Home Folder.