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Launch thunderbird with chosen profile from command line?

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For years I've used profile switcher add-on to facilitate using two profiles. The latest update breaks Profile switcher. So I need to use profile manager to launch thunderbird - which gives an option to DELETE a profile. As this gives the possibility of making a mistake I'd like to launch thunderbird directly without using profile manager, but still use two profiles.

So can I say create two desktop icons that will launch TB into the chosen profile?

For years I've used profile switcher add-on to facilitate using two profiles. The latest update breaks Profile switcher. So I need to use profile manager to launch thunderbird - which gives an option to DELETE a profile. As this gives the possibility of making a mistake I'd like to launch thunderbird directly without using profile manager, but still use two profiles. So can I say create two desktop icons that will launch TB into the chosen profile?

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Thanks sfhowes!

Recent versions of windows 10 dont allow creation of shortcuts in the programs folders. However I created shortcuts on the desktop - here's an example

Start in: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird" Target: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -P "default"

and it works! So does the alternate profile with the same settings except for the profile name.

Easy when you know how.

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sfhowes
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See this explanation:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_manager#Shortcut_to_a_specific_profile

Once TB is running, you can also launch different profiles from Help/Troubleshooting, about:profiles.

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Thanks sfhowes!

Recent versions of windows 10 dont allow creation of shortcuts in the programs folders. However I created shortcuts on the desktop - here's an example

Start in: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird" Target: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -P "default"

and it works! So does the alternate profile with the same settings except for the profile name.

Easy when you know how.