flooded by cannot compact alerts

[firefoxuse]

hello!

Each time I wake up my pc, TB floods me with alerts like this:

can you tell me please how to stop this?
it's not something I am particularly bothered in order to get flooded by such alerts!
I don't even know what the compacting is and does

thanks!

[DanRaisch]

A) See this to understand compacting -- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_: ... ng_Folders

B) Use this procedure to eliminate that Alert condition --
First, backup your Profile ( http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup )

Create a new sub-folder under Local Folders. Move all of the messages currently in your Drafts folder to that new subfolder.

Confirm that you have made the recommended backup of your Profile.

Close Thunderbird and navigate to your Profile folder. Delete both the file Drafts.msf and the file Drafts with no extension.

Restart Thunderbird, compose a new message and save it as a Draft. A new Drafts folder will be created. Copy any messages you MUST have in your Drafts folder from the sub-folder created above to the Drafts folder. Compact the Drafts folder after those messages are copied in.

The "Real Fix" entry in this article -- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Compacting_folders#Real_fix also describes this process.

[firefoxuse]

I have portable TB and I don't know how to back up my profile, any hint?

[DanRaisch]

Just as with the standard version, you copy the profile data to another device or location on the hard drive. Copy the files found in the Data\profile directory within Thunderbird Portable.

[firefoxuse]

Will they issue any fix?
I cannot go to that whole process

[DanRaisch]

There's nothing in the program that needs to be fixed in regard to this issue. It's a problem in the local profile. The solution that works for most people is the process I posted above.

[firefoxuse]

my profile folder is 15GB! how can I back up that monster???

[LIMPET235]

Have you actually tried a copy 'n' paste yet?
Just copy it to somewhere safe, like your desktop or wherever.

[DanRaisch]

Sheesh. You can buy a 32GB flash drive for under $10USD. That would be a pretty inexpensive backup location.

[firefoxuse]

guys, isn't there a tick box to untick that compacting stupidity and end it? I am fed up!

[L.A.R. Grizzly]

guys, isn't there a tick box to untick that compacting stupidity and end it? I am fed up!

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... #p14644517

[firefoxuse]

guys, isn't there a tick box to untick that compacting stupidity and end it? I am fed up!

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... #p14644517

thanks! hope that will fix the problem?

[firefoxuse]

I did that but it didn't fix the problem! or maybe it needed restart?

[DanRaisch]

maybe it needed restart?

That would seem a logical next step.

[firefoxuse]

I still get these idiots popups!!!!