thunderbird 2 = how to open profilemanager?

chickenjoy · 07-22-2007, 10:36 PM

I tried the:

Code:

thunderbird -ProfileManager
<directory>/thunderbird-bin -ProfileManager
thunderbird -P
<directory>/thunderbird-bin -P

didn't work. And thunderbird -help shows:

Code:

Usage: /usr/lib/thunderbird-2.0.0.4/thunderbird-bin [ options ... ] [URL]
       where options include:

X11 options
        --display=DISPLAY               X display to use
        --sync          Make X calls synchronous
        --no-xshm               Don't use X shared memory extension
        --xim-preedit=STYLE
        --xim-status=STYLE
        --g-fatal-warnings              Make all warnings fatal

Mozilla options
        -height <value>         Set height of startup window to <value>.
        -h or -help             Print this message.
        -width <value>          Set width of startup window to <value>.
        -v or -version          Print Thunderbird version.
        -P <profile>            Start with <profile>.
        -ProfileManager         Start with Profile Manager.
        -UILocale <locale>              Start with <locale> resources as UI Locale.

Can't open profile manager. Can anyone help me start it?

TIA.

linux: RHEL5 Desktop.

GrapefruiTgirl · 07-23-2007, 03:55 PM

Just a guess, but the stuff you posted there implies that when you use the -P switch, it expects it to be followed by a <profile name> such as a user name, or maybe "default".
Try running "thunderbird -P Default" or something similar?

sumguy231 · 07-23-2007, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Just a guess, but the stuff you posted there implies that when you use the -P switch, it expects it to be followed by a <profile name> such as a user name, or maybe "default".

Nah, '-P' by itself should bring up a graphical profile manager, though you can specify a profile if you want to. It works fine for me, maybe it's a RHEL build quirk?