Thunderbird Portable

I was wrong, it is possible.
Instructions are located at http://maienm.heliohost.org/tb/tbpsync.html
USE AT OWN RISK!!!!
EXIT ALL INSTANCES OF THUNDERBIRD BEFORE USING THIS METHOD
Not thoroughly tested, but it seems to work fine from the tests I ran.
Oh, and this won't sync your extentions, just your mail (and settings?).

Please give feedback.

Hello everybody

I just installed TB on a new laptop and want to keep it in sync with my TBP, however it seems TB is ignoring the data I keep copying over.
no matter what i do , TB always starts from scratch, ignoring the profile with all the mail and data.
I have tried starting TB, then moving all the files into the newly created ******.default folder. I have tried creating a new folder and edited the profiles.ini file accordingly, however the only thing that has been updated are the addons

Any suggestions anybody?

thank you

Marco

I have a user.js file that I place in my non-PortableApp Thunderbird profile directory. When I run the PortableApp version of Thunderbird, I place that same file in:

C:\ThunderbirdPortable\App\thunderbird\defaults\profile

Unfortunately, the changes detailed in my user.js do not appear in the PortableApp ThunderBird. Does this version of Thunderbird not support user.js files?

So, I've searched the forums for information about TBP's auto-update feature and if I understand this right, if you try to update TBP via the auto-update feature, all of the registry values get set to point to the portable version. However, is this really a problem if I don't have a local version installed? Shouldn't the portableapps launcher clean up the registry when it's done anyway?

I can't get any of these to work with my mom's yahoo account...

I've tried Ypops, I know its doing something, because when I use a wrong password it gives me an error, when I use the correct password, no error.

The webmail extension along with the yahoo extension will say it's downloading messages 1-99, but then it keeps timing out. This is on different computers with all firewalls and other obstructions disabled, any ideas? I'm thinking of just paying the $20 for the year to do it normally.

Hi,
I'm trying to burn thunderbird to DVD along with my profile as a backup of my email that I can easily view in the future.

I've included the Thunderbirdportable.ini file as suggested on the help pages, but for some reason, when the RunLocally flag is set to true, my profile disappears and Thunderbird insists on creating a new one.

If this flag is set to false, I get a write error (as expected when running from a DVD) but I can see my folders within my profile, unfortunately thunderbird then hangs when trying to view the contents.
Any ideas?

I want to export the emails i have in portable thunderbird. How do I do this?

I have seen others post about this problem but have not seen a solution.
Often when TB goes to check mail the p/w entry box is shown and although, often, has a p/w in it with the remember check box unchecked.

Is there any solution to this?

Thanks

Chris

I'm trying to make a smooth system that'll allow me to run PTB from different PCs and a memory stick, so that I get the same profile from any location. Is there an idiots guide to using an internet location for the profile?

Hi,

the usual question, how to password protect certain files, folders or programmes.

There is a possibility to password protect the message pane with IMAP accounts in Thunderbird, but anybody, who finds my USB stick will nevertheless be able to see all server settings (except for the passwords) and all pop3 account stored emails.

Is there a possibility or some idea how to restrict the whole access to thunderbird? I also tried to encrypt the .exe file itself, but it didn't work when I wanted to use it and decrypted it, it was probably another location it got decrypted to.