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How to enter suggested text in Run window?

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Larrydeb
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I was trying to start the Profile Manager using the suggested text shown below in the Win Run box. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -p

Normally I would enter the text between the "" but there is -p following the text in the quotes. Do I enter the -p or not? Thanks

I was trying to start the Profile Manager using the suggested text shown below in the Win Run box. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -p Normally I would enter the text between the "" but there is -p following the text in the quotes. Do I enter the -p or not? Thanks

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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The " marks are required when there are spaces in text that needs to be read as a single unit. Command-line switches like -P are not part of the file path, so should not be included in the quotation marks around the path. As for whether you need that, I believe if you want to start up in the Profile Manager, then you need the -P on your command line, otherwise Thunderbird will start normally.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_arguments_(Thunderbird)

sfhowes
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Press Winkey+R, type thunderbird.exe -p

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_manager