Launch thunderbird with chosen profile from command line?
For years I've used profile switcher add-on to facilitate using two profiles. The latest update breaks Profile switcher. So I need to use profile manager to launch thunderbird - which gives an option to DELETE a profile. As this gives the possibility of making a mistake I'd like to launch thunderbird directly without using profile manager, but still use two profiles.
So can I say create two desktop icons that will launch TB into the chosen profile?
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Thanks sfhowes!
Recent versions of windows 10 dont allow creation of shortcuts in the programs folders. However I created shortcuts on the desktop - here's an example
Start in: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird" Target: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -P "default"
and it works! So does the alternate profile with the same settings except for the profile name.
Easy when you know how.
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See this explanation:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_manager#Shortcut_to_a_specific_profile
Once TB is running, you can also launch different profiles from Help/Troubleshooting, about:profiles.
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Thanks sfhowes!
Recent versions of windows 10 dont allow creation of shortcuts in the programs folders. However I created shortcuts on the desktop - here's an example
Start in: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird" Target: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -P "default"
and it works! So does the alternate profile with the same settings except for the profile name.
Easy when you know how.