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How do all.

I'm looking to change the default location of my Inbox and Local
folders, away from the document and settings path on my WinXP box.
What would be the best way to do this?

Thanks!

Beldar Conehead wrote:
> How do all.
>
> I'm looking to change the default location of my Inbox and Local
> folders, away from the document and settings path on my WinXP box.
> What would be the best way to do this?
>
> Thanks!
>

Copy your profile and place it in your desired location. Open TB's
Profile Manager, and delete the old profile. Just to be on the safe
side, do not delete the files.

Create a new profile with the same name, and using the Choose folder
button, browse to the location of your copied profile folder.

TB should pick up the information that you moved and use it.

Lee

Leonidas Jones wrote:

> Beldar Conehead wrote:
>
>> How do all.
>>
>> I'm looking to change the default location of my Inbox and Local
>> folders, away from the document and settings path on my WinXP box.
>> What would be the best way to do this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
> Copy your profile and place it in your desired location. Open TB's
> Profile Manager, and delete the old profile. Just to be on the safe
> side, do not delete the files.
>
> Create a new profile with the same name, and using the Choose folder
> button, browse to the location of your copied profile folder.
>
> TB should pick up the information that you moved and use it.
>
> Lee
You forgot one thing Lee. To get to the Profile Manager, click on
Start, Run and enter Firefox.exe -p

gwtc wrote:
> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>
>> Beldar Conehead wrote:
>>
>>> How do all.
>>>
>>> I'm looking to change the default location of my Inbox and Local
>>> folders, away from the document and settings path on my WinXP box.
>>> What would be the best way to do this?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
>> Copy your profile and place it in your desired location. Open TB's
>> Profile Manager, and delete the old profile. Just to be on the safe
>> side, do not delete the files.
>>
>> Create a new profile with the same name, and using the Choose folder
>> button, browse to the location of your copied profile folder.
>>
>> TB should pick up the information that you moved and use it.
>>
>> Lee
> You forgot one thing Lee. To get to the Profile Manager, click on
> Start, Run and enter Firefox.exe -p

The question was about Thunderbird though. TB has a PM shortcut in
Start>>Programs>>Mozilla Thunderbird.

Lee

Leonidas Jones wrote:

> gwtc wrote:
>
>> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>>
>>> Beldar Conehead wrote:
>>>
>>>> How do all.
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking to change the default location of my Inbox and Local
>>>> folders, away from the document and settings path on my WinXP box.
>>>> What would be the best way to do this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Copy your profile and place it in your desired location. Open TB's
>>> Profile Manager, and delete the old profile. Just to be on the safe
>>> side, do not delete the files.
>>>
>>> Create a new profile with the same name, and using the Choose folder
>>> button, browse to the location of your copied profile folder.
>>>
>>> TB should pick up the information that you moved and use it.
>>>
>>> Lee
>>
>> You forgot one thing Lee. To get to the Profile Manager, click on
>> Start, Run and enter Firefox.exe -p
>
>
> The question was about Thunderbird though. TB has a PM shortcut in
> Start>>Programs>>Mozilla Thunderbird.
>
> Lee
Ooops, correction on that. It should be Thunderbird.exe -p

And, you're right. I was looking in the Firefox again, which it
doesn't create a profile manager shortcut.

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:51:15 GMT, Leonidas Jones <> wrote:

>Beldar Conehead wrote:
>> How do all.
>>
>> I'm looking to change the default location of my Inbox and Local
>> folders, away from the document and settings path on my WinXP box.
>> What would be the best way to do this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
>Copy your profile and place it in your desired location. Open TB's
>Profile Manager, and delete the old profile. Just to be on the safe
>side, do not delete the files.
>
>Create a new profile with the same name, and using the Choose folder
>button, browse to the location of your copied profile folder.
>
>TB should pick up the information that you moved and use it.
>
>Lee

OP seemed to be looking for a way to relocate specific data files, maybe
not necessarily the entire profile.

I've done this myself. Just point to the location you want with
Tools/Account Settings/Server Settings/Local directory for the place you
want the files.

If you already have data in the files you have, just copy the
file/structure to where you want it before point the acct setting to it.
TB will recreate .msf files.

I keep my profiles on a system disk and data on a data disk somewhere
else for a variety of reasons.

Thanks to all who responded.