Mike wrote:
"Stefek Zaba" wrote
Download a copy of Thunderbird (it's free) from www.mozilla.org.
I tried this and couldn't get it to accept my program files folder resides
on my D drive. Same with Firefox browser.

You can install Thunderbird into any directory but it will by default
install your profile and mailbox files into C:\something. I have
Thunderbird on D: (my apps disk) and my mailbox files on F: (my data disk)

On Windows XP/2000, the path is usually
%AppData%\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\, where xxxxxxxx is a
random string of 8 characters. Just browse to C:\Documents and
Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\ and the rest
should be obvious.
On Windows 95/98/Me, the path is usually C:\WINDOWS\Application
Data\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default \
On Linux, the path is usually ~/.thunderbird/xxxxxxxx.default/
On Mac OS X, the path is usually ~/Library/Application
Support/Thunderbird/Profiles/xxxxxxxx.default/

%AppData% is a shorthand for the Application Data path on Windows
2000/XP. To use it, click Start Run..., enter %AppData% and press
Enter. You will be taken to the "real" folder, which is normally
C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data.

To move the profile:

- Shut down Thunderbird completely (File Exit).
- Move the profile folder to the desired location. For example, on
Windows, move the profile from C:\Documents and
Settings\[username]\Application
Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default to D:\Stuff\MyMailProfile. If
you are reading these instructions because you want to restore a
previously backed up profile, this step isn't necessary. Just note the
current location of the profile you want to restore.
- Open up profiles.ini in a text editor. The file is located in the
application data folder for Thunderbird:
- On Windows XP/2000, the path is %AppData%\Thunderbird\
- On Windows 95/98/Me, the path is usually C:\WINDOWS\Application
Data\Thunderbird\
- On Linux, the path is ~/.thunderbird/
- On Mac OS X, the path is ~/Library/Application Support/Thunderbird/
- In profiles.ini, locate the entry for the profile you've just moved.
- Change the Path= line to the new location.
- Change IsRelative=1 to IsRelative=0.
- Save profiles.ini and restart Thunderbird.

From the Thunderbird website.

Owain