Thunderbird wont match data folder on dual boot

[r***@private.com]

I have Win98 as my main boot and Win2000 as my secondary OS installed
(dual boot). I'm finding myself having to use Win2000 more often lately
because certain things, especially browsers, will no longer work in
Win98. I'm trying to avoid having to install XP, and Win2000 seems to
work fairly well for most of the XP apps. However there is one problem
I cant seem to fix.

I have Thunderbird for email, version 2.x. It's setup and has been used
for years in Win98. When I install it in Win2000, it creates it's own
data folders, rather than using the same folder that has all my emails,
address book, etc in the Win98 installation. This is becoming a hassle,
because I dont want to have to get my email twice, depending on which OS
I'm using. And the way it works now, if I boot to Win2000, to browse
the web, I have to reboot to Win98 to read my email. PAIN IN THE ASS!

Because of this, I'm pretty much stuck using 98, cuz I'm not gonna keep
rebooting all the time. Yet W2000 does a better job of web browsing
since I can use newer browsers.

There must be some way to get Thunderbird to use the same data folder,
but I sure cant figure out how. There must be some setting for this,
but I cant find it. I thought that it would be a simple .ini file to
modify, but no such luck. I dont know if it's in the registry, or where
it is.....

Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks

[Auric__]

Post by r***@private.com
I have Thunderbird for email, version 2.x. It's setup and has been used
for years in Win98. When I install it in Win2000, it creates it's own
data folders, rather than using the same folder that has all my emails,
address book, etc in the Win98 installation. This is becoming a hassle,
because I dont want to have to get my email twice, depending on which OS
I'm using. And the way it works now, if I boot to Win2000, to browse
the web, I have to reboot to Win98 to read my email. PAIN IN THE ASS!

Try this:

Find the directory where 2000's install stores its files. (The email,
addresses, etc.) Search the 2000's program directory for files that point at
that directory. If not found, search your profile directory. If still not
found, search the Current User hive of the registry. (If still not found... I
dunno.)

When you find the entry, change it to point at wherever the 98 install keeps
its file.

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Post by r***@private.com
I have Win98 as my main boot and Win2000 as my secondary OS installed
(dual boot). I'm finding myself having to use Win2000 more often lately
because certain things, especially browsers, will no longer work in
Win98. I'm trying to avoid having to install XP, and Win2000 seems to
work fairly well for most of the XP apps. However there is one problem
I cant seem to fix.
I have Thunderbird for email, version 2.x. It's setup and has been used
for years in Win98. When I install it in Win2000, it creates it's own
data folders, rather than using the same folder that has all my emails,
address book, etc in the Win98 installation. This is becoming a hassle,
because I dont want to have to get my email twice, depending on which OS
I'm using. And the way it works now, if I boot to Win2000, to browse
the web, I have to reboot to Win98 to read my email. PAIN IN THE ASS!
Because of this, I'm pretty much stuck using 98, cuz I'm not gonna keep
rebooting all the time. Yet W2000 does a better job of web browsing
since I can use newer browsers.
There must be some way to get Thunderbird to use the same data folder,
but I sure cant figure out how. There must be some setting for this,
but I cant find it. I thought that it would be a simple .ini file to
modify, but no such luck. I dont know if it's in the registry, or where
it is.....
Anyone know how to do this?
Thanks

Ralph, I use SeaMonkey Suite (the follow-on from the Mozilla Suite,
which was the birth-place for Firefox and Thunderbird).

I use the one profile for both my Win7 and MandrivaLinux 2009
installations of SM. To do this, in SM, I had a look at Edit->Mail &
Newsgroup Account Settings and selected the Server Settings for the
e-mail account. At the bottom of this screen is the "Local directories"
location.

Note this location in one of your installation (maybe your Win98
install) and then switch to your other installation and set its "Local
directories" to the same location.

Note:- In FireFox, they changed from Edit->Preferences to
Tools->Preferences or something similar, so you may need to look there
in TB as well.

HTH

Daniel

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Post by ***@teranews.com

Post by r***@private.com
I have Win98 as my main boot and Win2000 as my secondary OS installed
(dual boot). I'm finding myself having to use Win2000 more often lately
because certain things, especially browsers, will no longer work in
Win98. I'm trying to avoid having to install XP, and Win2000 seems to
work fairly well for most of the XP apps. However there is one problem
I cant seem to fix.
I have Thunderbird for email, version 2.x. It's setup and has been used
for years in Win98. When I install it in Win2000, it creates it's own
data folders, rather than using the same folder that has all my emails,
address book, etc in the Win98 installation. This is becoming a hassle,
because I dont want to have to get my email twice, depending on which OS
I'm using. And the way it works now, if I boot to Win2000, to browse
the web, I have to reboot to Win98 to read my email. PAIN IN THE ASS!
Because of this, I'm pretty much stuck using 98, cuz I'm not gonna keep
rebooting all the time. Yet W2000 does a better job of web browsing
since I can use newer browsers.
There must be some way to get Thunderbird to use the same data folder,
but I sure cant figure out how. There must be some setting for this,
but I cant find it. I thought that it would be a simple .ini file to
modify, but no such luck. I dont know if it's in the registry, or where
it is.....
Anyone know how to do this?
Thanks

Ralph, I use SeaMonkey Suite (the follow-on from the Mozilla Suite,
which was the birth-place for Firefox and Thunderbird).
I use the one profile for both my Win7 and MandrivaLinux 2009
installations of SM. To do this, in SM, I had a look at Edit->Mail &
Newsgroup Account Settings and selected the Server Settings for the
e-mail account. At the bottom of this screen is the "Local directories"
location.
Note this location in one of your installation (maybe your Win98
install) and then switch to your other installation and set its "Local
directories" to the same location.
Note:- In FireFox, they changed from Edit->Preferences to
Tools->Preferences or something similar, so you may need to look there
in TB as well.
HTH
Daniel

Ralph, as I typed I dual boot Win7 and Linux, I have never dual booted
two different versions of Windows, so don't know how they "see" each other!!

Do they both boot into their own "C:\ drives" and both "see" the other
installations as a "D:\ drive"?? Or is the first install on to the "C:\
drive" and the other installed on the "D:\ drive"?? Don't know, .....
maybe someone here does know!!

Daniel

[Paul]

Post by r***@private.com
I have Win98 as my main boot and Win2000 as my secondary OS installed
(dual boot). I'm finding myself having to use Win2000 more often lately
because certain things, especially browsers, will no longer work in
Win98. I'm trying to avoid having to install XP, and Win2000 seems to
work fairly well for most of the XP apps. However there is one problem
I cant seem to fix.
I have Thunderbird for email, version 2.x. It's setup and has been used
for years in Win98. When I install it in Win2000, it creates it's own
data folders, rather than using the same folder that has all my emails,
address book, etc in the Win98 installation. This is becoming a hassle,
because I dont want to have to get my email twice, depending on which OS
I'm using. And the way it works now, if I boot to Win2000, to browse
the web, I have to reboot to Win98 to read my email. PAIN IN THE ASS!
Because of this, I'm pretty much stuck using 98, cuz I'm not gonna keep
rebooting all the time. Yet W2000 does a better job of web browsing
since I can use newer browsers.
There must be some way to get Thunderbird to use the same data folder,
but I sure cant figure out how. There must be some setting for this,
but I cant find it. I thought that it would be a simple .ini file to
modify, but no such luck. I dont know if it's in the registry, or where
it is.....
Anyone know how to do this?
Thanks

Thunderbird has a "Profiles Manager".

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager

And the profile information is kept in "profiles.ini".

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0] <----- you can have more than one profile, shows up in Profile Manager
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/4wxyz50y.default

That can allow you to set things up, such that the tool uses
another profile of your selection. Like, a profile stored
on the C: of one of your other OSes.

Paul