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profile manager fot the portable apps

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I need to import my backup in my portable thunderbird and I read in the documentation that I have to use the "Profile Manager" or to edit the "profiles.ini". I can't find the both.

This line: ["L:\PortableApps\ThunderbirdPortable\ThunderbirdPortable.exe" -p] just open the usual programm

How may I acces to the profile manager with the portable app?

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I need to import my backup in my portable thunderbird and I read in the documentation that I have to use the "Profile Manager" or to edit the "profiles.ini". I can't find the both. This line: ["L:\PortableApps\ThunderbirdPortable\ThunderbirdPortable.exe" -p] just open the usual programm How may I acces to the profile manager with the portable app? Thanks

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Ok I've neen searching around on portableapps.com for Thunderbird.

You see you are not actually using Mozilla Thunderbird for desktop, you are using a product that has been modified by a third party and so should really be asking in that products forum.

http://portableapps.com/node/23603 The profile manager isn't portable. Its just not supported by Thunderbird Portable because it will break things.

http://portableapps.com/node/11191

http://portableapps.com/support/thunderbird_portable#local_profile

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Toad-Hall
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Looking at the last part of the command line - Are you using -P or -p ? In standard desktop Thunderbird it is a -P (dash capital P - not lowercase p)

i should also add that there needs to be a space before the dash.

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Toad-Hall
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If using MAC or Linux OS then you would use -profilemanager (all lower case - space dash profilemanger)

Viann
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Hi. (I am on windows). The result is the same with -p and -P, the both launch the thunderbird and not the Profil Manager.

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Ok I've neen searching around on portableapps.com for Thunderbird.

You see you are not actually using Mozilla Thunderbird for desktop, you are using a product that has been modified by a third party and so should really be asking in that products forum.

http://portableapps.com/node/23603 The profile manager isn't portable. Its just not supported by Thunderbird Portable because it will break things.

http://portableapps.com/node/11191

http://portableapps.com/support/thunderbird_portable#local_profile

Viann
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Thank you for your help and the links. I will have to do everything manualy.