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Can't work with Profiles

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mike16410
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I have used Thunderbird for years and have successfully transferred Profiles from Pc to PC. Now that I want to move Profiles to a new mac, I've hit problems. in fact I now have multiple problems. 1. I renamed the profile in Libraries on the mac, and now Thunderbird wont even start. I uninstalled and re-installed, but with the same result - Thunderbird won't start (Profile missing) 2. Now that I can't start Thunderbird, I can't access the Profile Manager. WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO ACCESS PROFILE MANAGER ???? 3. Assuming I can get Thunderbird working again on the mac, how to I quickly access the profile Manager to choose which Profile I want to run thanks, mike

I have used Thunderbird for years and have successfully transferred Profiles from Pc to PC. Now that I want to move Profiles to a new mac, I've hit problems. in fact I now have multiple problems. 1. I renamed the profile in Libraries on the mac, and now Thunderbird wont even start. I uninstalled and re-installed, but with the same result - Thunderbird won't start (Profile missing) 2. Now that I can't start Thunderbird, I can't access the Profile Manager. WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO ACCESS PROFILE MANAGER ???? 3. Assuming I can get Thunderbird working again on the mac, how to I quickly access the profile Manager to choose which Profile I want to run thanks, mike

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Matt
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undo the renamed profile is by far the easiest way to fix you issue. Other wise your going to have to edit the file profiles.ini in the ~thunderbird folder to show the new name.

I use this add-on for profile switching. Much nicer than command line stuff https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/profileswitcher/?src=search

How to install http://xenos-email-notes.simplesite.com/416814616