Change default Local directory?

[dter...@hotmail.com]

In Thunderbird, how do I change the default Local directory that it
uses for accounts? I don't want C:\Documents and Settings\etc etc
etc...

Also, how do I change the directory that Thunderbird and Firefox puts
the profile in?

thanks

[James]

Copy your local folder to the location of your choice then go into
Tools/Account Settings/Local Folder and in the Local directory field
click on the Browse button to locate your new location. When you
re-start TB it will be using the new location. To test you can create a
new sub-folder in that local folder then use Windows Explorer, or its
equivalent, and see if the new folder is correctly located.

James

[dter...@hotmail.com]

Thanks James but what I want to change is the Default local directory.
So that I don't have to do the steps above evey time I create a new
account.

[Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo]

thats poor advice imho.

Close FF and TB. Now, using your file manager, *copy* your TB and FF
profile to a new location.

Then, for FF, click on Start, Run and enter:

firefox.exe -p

this will bring up the FF profile manager, and use that to create a NEW
profile and point to the new location.

Now, for TB, click on Start, Run and enter:

thunderbird.exe -p

and follow the advice for FF above.

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[Leonidas Jones]

If you have moved your profile to a non default location, new accounts
in that profile will be created in the profiles new location.

Lee