MX-14 32-bit here.
I have been running two Thunderbird profiles simultaneously for as long as I can remember. Up until this morning, on T-bird 45.0.8, I launched one profile initially from a panel icon. That pops up my T-bird profile manager, and from there I pick which profile to launch. Once that profile was running. I would open a console and type in "thunderbird -p". The profile manager would then pop-up, and I could choose to launch the other profile. All was well.
This morning I updated Thunderbird to 52.0 as per apt-notifier telling me there was an update. Re-started T-bird from the panel icon, profile manager popped up. I chose one profile, it launched, all good. Opened a console, typed in "thunderbird -p", and the already running profile jumped to the top window. Profile manager did not open.
Profile manager does open from the console if there is no instance of T-bird running. From there I can launch one profile. But I still cannot open another instance of profile manager if there is an instance of T-bird running.
I have done a quick web-search for a solution, but no luck. Any help appreciated for this one.
Paul
Can't run multiple Thunderbird profiles after upgrade to 52.0
Re: Can't run multiple Thunderbird profiles after upgrade to 52.0
Solved my own problem...
The command to use is "thunderbird -no-remote", which then launches the profile manager, even with an instance of Thunderbird running. I van then choose the second profile, which then launches a second instance of Thunderbird.
I was certain that I used "thunderbird -p" prior to the upgrade, but typing the few extra letters is not too big an issue.....
The command to use is "thunderbird -no-remote", which then launches the profile manager, even with an instance of Thunderbird running. I van then choose the second profile, which then launches a second instance of Thunderbird.
I was certain that I used "thunderbird -p" prior to the upgrade, but typing the few extra letters is not too big an issue.....
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Re: Can't run multiple Thunderbird profiles after upgrade to 52.0
Is there still a -p option? if not you could make an alias for -p or something shorter like -nr
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Re: Can't run multiple Thunderbird profiles after upgrade to 52.0
I checked last night after seeing this and the -p still launched the profile manager. I didn't have an answer for the original problem - good to know. - mikeantiX-Dave wrote:Is there still a -p option? if not you could make an alias for -p or something shorter like -nr
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Re: Can't run multiple Thunderbird profiles after upgrade to 52.0
Was there ever a -p (lowercase p) option?antiX-Dave wrote:Is there still a -p option? if not you could make an alias for -p or something shorter like -nr
There's a -P (uppercase P) option which opens a specific profile.
There's also the --ProfileManager option.
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$ thunderbird --help
Usage: thunderbird [ options ... ] [URL]
where options include:
X11 options
--display=DISPLAY X display to use
--sync Make X calls synchronous
--g-fatal-warnings Make all warnings fatal
Thunderbird options
-h or --help Print this message.
-v or --version Print Thunderbird version.
-P <profile> Start with <profile>.
--profile <path> Start with profile at <path>.
--migration Start with migration wizard.
--ProfileManager Start with ProfileManager.
--no-remote Do not accept or send remote commands; implies
--new-instance.
--new-instance Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.
--UILocale <locale> Start with <locale> resources as UI Locale.
--safe-mode Disables extensions and themes for this session.
-addressbook Open the address book at startup.
-compose [ <options> ] Compose a mail or news message. Options are specified
as string "option='value,...',option=value,..." and
include: from, to, cc, bcc, newsgroups, subject, body,
message (file), attachment (file), format (html | text).
Example: "to=john@example.com,subject='Dinner tonight?'"
--jsconsole Open the Browser Console.
--jsdebugger Open the Browser Toolbox.
--devtools Open DevTools on initial load.
--start-debugger-server [ws:][ <port> | <path> ] Start the debugger server on
a TCP port or Unix domain socket path. Defaults to TCP port
6000. Use WebSocket protocol if ws: prefix is specified.
-mail Open the mail folder view.
-mail <URL> Open the message specified by this URL.
-news Open the news client.
-setDefaultMail Set this app as the default mail client.
-options Open the options dialog.
-file Open the specified email file.