Changing the folder

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orealius
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Re: Changing the folder

Post by orealius »

After copying the profile to a new location and establishing the new path, I assume it is all right to delete the original profile?
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tanstaafl
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Re: Changing the folder

Post by tanstaafl »

Yes. But you should use the profile manager to delete the old profile (or manually edit profiles.ini) before you delete the actual directory. That's because Thunderbird won't ignore a invalid link to a profile in profile.ini, even though you aren't using that profile.

You normally don't add a profile to the path, Thunderbird gets the profiles location from the profiles.ini file and uses that information when opening files etc..
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