Standalone address book
Revision Information
- Revision id: 77765
- Created:
- Creator: Jarmo
- Comment: minor improvements.
- Reviewed: Yes
- Reviewed:
- Reviewed by: Noah_SUMO
- Is approved? Yes
- Is current revision? No
- Ready for localization: No
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Sometimes you might want to access the Thunderbird address book without loading the entire application. This can be done by invoking the application from the system command line with a command-line option.
Click Windows
button and choose . Enter:"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -addressbook
Click
."C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -addressbook
Open a terminal window (Application | Utilities | Terminal) then enter:
cd /Applications/Thunderbird.app/Contents/MacOS
./thunderbird-bin -addressbook
Open Terminal then enter:
cd <thunderbird_installation_directory>
./thunderbird-bin -addressbook
If you need to open a standalone Thunderbird address book frequently, make a shortcut for the command. For a complete list of Thunderbird command-line options, see the Command Line Options page in the Mozilla Developer Center.