Re: Thunderbird
Ed Mullen <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.windows |
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| Organization | Another Netscape Collabra Server User |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Jay Garcia wrote: > On 14.03.2005 09:15, Ed Mullen wrote: > > --- Original Message --- > > >>zrageburn wrote: >> >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>how to reset Thunderbird configuration to default? >>> >>>thank's >>> >>>zrageburn >> >>Uninstall TB, re-install and create a new profile is the only way I know >>of to be sure EVERYTHING is reset to a default install state. However, >>if you install the AboutConfig extension - >>http://aboutconfig.mozdev.org/ - you could then go through and manually >>reset to default every preference that has the "status" of "user set". >>Could be a pretty tedious process depending on how much customization >>you've done. It's likely to be faster to just create a new profile and >>migrate your personal data into it. >> > > > Or .... > > Feeling brave, can try renaming PREF.JS in the profile directory to > PREFS.BAK and then copy: > > C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\defaults\pref\mailnews.js > > to prefs.js > > mailnews.js is the default prefs.js file and what is used on first install. > > Or, can simply restart TB after renaming prefs.js .. a new prefs.js file > will be built from mailnews.js > > Hmm. Probably would solve a lot of situations like this. Not sure that it would take care of all extensions, plug-ins, changes to userChrome (if such a thing is possible in TB) and such. Also wouldn't solve having moved default folders and locations and such. But it's a good simple way to start and easily reversible. -- Ed Mullen http://edmullen.net http://edmullen.net/Mozilla/moz.html http://edmullen.net/Mozilla/seamonk.html