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How can I configure Thunderbird (at launch) to allow me to choose among the many profiles I have created?

OldSysFirefox
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I have installed Thunderbird on a laptop with Windows 10 Pro as OS. The Thunderbird application is on a drive separate from the drive which contains multiple Thunderbird profiles.

First, how do I configure the main Thunderbird application so that when I launch it from the taskbar or desktop I get to choose which of those profiles I want to use?

Second, having used one of those profiles, how can I then "toggle" (or switch) between that profile and one of the other profiles?

Third, how can I configure Thunderbird so that all of these profiles use a common address book and have many other settings in common?

Thanks for any help you can give this new Thunderbird user,

Mike

Thanks for any help

I have installed Thunderbird on a laptop with Windows 10 Pro as OS. The Thunderbird application is on a drive separate from the drive which contains multiple Thunderbird profiles. First, how do I configure the main Thunderbird application so that when I launch it from the taskbar or desktop I get to choose which of those profiles I want to use? Second, having used one of those profiles, how can I then "toggle" (or switch) between that profile and one of the other profiles? Third, how can I configure Thunderbird so that all of these profiles use a common address book and have many other settings in common? Thanks for any help you can give this new Thunderbird user, Mike Thanks for any help

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OldSysFirefox
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Thanks,

With your help, I've gotten:

- the Profile Manager working properly on Thunderbird launch from the Win 10 taskbar.

- the Profile Switcher Add-On Extension working in each of my profiles. [Had to follow your instructions on each profile. Took a little time; but, they are all working and I can now get to every other profile from each one.]

After reading through all the address book possibilities, ActiveSync seems to offer the most promise. Before I proceed with that option, am I safe in presuming that Mozilla is an "ActiveSync provider" (i.e., will changes I make in my Thunderbird address book(s) get shared with my Microsoft and Apple e-mail "contact" lists ... and vice versa)?

Two down, one to go.

Thanks for your help,

Mike

OldSysFirefox
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Thanks again for your help.

So, if I'm understanding you correctly, download, installation, and use of tzpush will afford me a high degree of certainty that I will have an address book (after synching) that is common across all my Thunderbird profiles. I.e., an addition, deletion, or change in one Thunderbird profile's address book will replicate (with appropriate synching) across all my Thunderbird profiles.

Further, if I want to extend that synching to Microsoft e-mail applications and their address books / contact lists, I can download, install, and use TbSync.

Synching with Apple e-mail applications is more problematic ... and one I'll hold off addressing until I get the Thunderbird and Microsoft synching to work.

Do I have all that correct? If "yes", I'm about to start incorporating the two add-ins / extensions you've provided me.

Gratefully,

Mike