Thunderbird Portable

how can i set up thunderbird portable as the default email program in xp.

I found an app that will set any browser to default including FFP

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/defaultbrowser.htm

it would be nice to have an APP for setting email programs just the same.

If you know of the program or any other solution can you help me.

Hello Chaps,

On my portable TB which I have been running now for more than 2 years and has always been updated to the latest version. But either because of the latest version being 2.0.0.17 or because I have just started using Vista at home (still XP at work)I have been suffering from the vanishing English (British) dictionary. I also have the U.S. version and the German dictionary. Has anyone experienced this before?

Regards DF

I've just moved over to Thunderbird from Pegasus mail, and am using version 2.0.0.17 (20080914). I have some notes on my mailserver that I can't force to download.

According to the main Thunderbird site, deleting x:\ThunderbirdPortable\Data\profile\Mail\/popstate.dat should force a reload, and the dat file should have all sorts of info in there. The file doesn't have anything in it except a warning not to edit, and deleting it does nothing. None of the dat files for other pop servers contain anything either.

I was having trouble with unread mail messages being shown on the welcome screen of Windows XP after using Thunderbird Portable.

Two related forum articles are here and here.

When I empty the trash, I would like to have the most recently-deleted items remain in the Trash just a little longer, in case I want to look at them again.

But if I use the Empty Trash command, all of them go away. Whether it keeps them a week or two weeks, or even just a couple of days, I don't care. I just would like a little margin.

I don't know what mechanisms are in place to allow this kind of customization.

Any ideas?

I have the same problem as reported some days ago. I have used version 2.0.0.17. And as soon as I got an email with an attachment, mainly pdf-files, the program needs up to 10 minutes to start and the mimetypes.rdf file increases up to 500 MB or more. And the program crashes as it is not possible anymore to open emails containing an attachment. This is independent of using a notebook or USB device. It working sometimes to delete the mimetypes.rdf file, but this has worked out just a few times. Now, I changed back to 2.0.0.16 and everything is fine! What's wrong?

Dear Community,

I'm running TB Portable on a USB stick. Somehow TB has crashed - leaving all previous folders and mails blank, asking me to create new accounts. The entire size of the TB folder is still > 100 MB.

How can I restore all my mails of 3 different accounts?

Your help will be highly appreciated.

Br,

HuberUAE

Hi! My first post here.

I'm using thunderbird email client version 2.0.0.17 (20080914) on my U3 flash drive.

It doesn't work in Windows Vista and XP (fresh installations).

I've tried windows update and the Windows XP is SP3 now. The problem still remains.

Please kindly give me a hand.

Thanks in advance.

Jin Xuesheng
Shanghai,China

hey there,

is there any option to load the mailprofile of thunderbird from an other device!?

(it works fine with miranda)

€d!t:

there is an option but didnt work with the platform!?

put the ThunderbirdPortable.ini in the folder where the ThunderbirdPortable.exe is and edit it like this:

AdditionalParameters=-profile "C:Path\to\your\profile"

then start the thunderbird.exe manualy - not the ThunderbirdPortable.exe
...

Hi,

why eat ThunderbirdPortable.exe over 40 MB! ram? And stay after starting thunderbird?
My Thunderbird need only 23 MB RAM.

Can i do something? (force thunderbirdportable.exe to end after starting thundbird, or need less memory?)

Best Regard,
quetzal