Hi
May I make a feature request of Portable Thunderbird?
I am using v1.5 RC1 and would like to have my own custom wav file to announce the arrival of a new message. The problem I am finding is that when the Portable Thunderbird folder is moved, the wav file does not play. I expect that it is looking for an absolute path rather a relative path. Is it possible to use a relative path for this file or, if not, some how point to the folder in which Thunderbird is being run where the wav file can be put?
This is set up under the Tools>Options>General>When new message arrives>Advanced>Custom .wav file.
Many thanks - Great product by the way! (Can't wait until v1.5 Final is out)
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Try placing the wav in the same directory as thunderbird.exe and set the path to resource://custom.wav (may be 3 slashes). Post back if it works or not.
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Hi John
Thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately what you have suggested doesn't work, either with 2 or 3 slashes.
It doesn't accept 'resource://custom.wav' when I enter it into the 'custom .wav' Browse button's 'Open' field.
I then tried going to Tools>Options>Advanced>General>Config Editor and replaced the entry for mail.biff.play_sound.url to 'resource://custom.wav' but that doesn't play my wav file.
Any other ideas that I can try?
Many thanks
TB hard codes the path, so it changes every time.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!