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I use T/B in E:, (part of raid1) how can I stop profiles being stored in appdata in C?

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sidvap
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Hello,

I run an SSD boot drive and load my programs and files to my drive E which is in Raid 1 configuration. When windows goes wrong in the SSD and I have to re- register my email accounts I find my profiles are "lost" as they have been stored in C:/users/appdata and when you re- register a new profile is created. So if like me you have folders under each email account and C:/ has been reinstalled these profiles and their contents are lost. Why can I not download to E:/ and have profiles stored permanently in appdata in E?

Hello, I run an SSD boot drive and load my programs and files to my drive E which is in Raid 1 configuration. When windows goes wrong in the SSD and I have to re- register my email accounts I find my profiles are "lost" as they have been stored in C:/users/appdata and when you re- register a new profile is created. So if like me you have folders under each email account and C:/ has been reinstalled these profiles and their contents are lost. Why can I not download to E:/ and have profiles stored permanently in appdata in E?

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Zenos
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I would move the profile data to the preferred location, leaving profiles.ini in place, then edit profiles.ini file to point at the new location. You'll need to enter the full absolute pathname, swap any forward slashes to backslashes and set the IsRelative flag to false.

Alternatively, you could move or copy your profile, then use the Thunderbird profile manager to select it as the working profile. This involves starting Thunderbird with a command-line switch to start it in profile manager mode. Frankly, guiding most users through a command-line start up is hard work.

Having relocated your profile, you may find that some add-ons complain because they have stupidly saved pathnames to their own resources as absolute paths. I'm thinking particularly of stationery and signatures here.

"Re-register"? Please explain.