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#Portable thunderbird tools upgrade

Here’s what I do to both make a backup and upgrade Thunderbird Portable (TBP). If you want to be able to do that, you’ll need to make a backup first. Unlike installed software, it is easy to roll the upgrade back if you don’t like it. Upgrading portable software isn’t automatic, but it’s easy, and I love the benefits.

#Portable thunderbird tools how to

How to back up and upgrade a portable app (specifically, Thunderbird Portable)

#Portable thunderbird tools install

I prefer to install the ordinary versions of those. Personally, I don’t find it worthwhile to use portable versions of more OS-integrated programs like LibreOffice Portable or Firefox Portable (although someday I might get Firefox Portable again in order to use LastPass Portable instead of LastPass Pocket). (I don’t use the PortableApps menu, by the way I use the excellent PStart from because it’s easier to manage, and because searching its apps also searches the Windows start menu.) They just sit in my portable start menu and use no resources when not in use, of course. Filezilla Portable, Eraser Portable, ConvertAll Portable, etc.). I also use some portable utilities only occasionally (e.g.

WinDirStat Portable (a friendly and highly visual way of seeing where your largest files and folders are very useful before a backup or defrag operation).

VLC Media Player Portable (a handy way to quickly play an odd video without installing more codecs on your computer).

7z, and many more supports password protected archives)

7-Zip Portable (a zip tool that supports.

SuperTuxKart Portable (similar to Mario Kart with some extra keyboards plugged in, all four of us can play family races on one computer).

Puzzle Collection Portable (an excellent collection of puzzle games).

Foxit Reader Portable (faster and lighter than Adobe Reader, though it’s not as good when things are layered transparently).

WinMerge Portable (a “diff” or “delta” tool for comparing two files or two folders I use it mostly for merging edits to text files and for doing semi-manual backups/syncs).

Notepad++ Portable (a powerful text editor that can do find/replace across many files at once, and which supports regex).

If you’re interested in portable software, here are some other tools from that I use a LOT: There may be other downsides, but I’ve been happy with this for a few years now. And I’ve nearly always been able to work around this. mailto: links, or software crash dialogs launching draft bug reports) but it’s no worse than using webmail with no registry hooks.

Without any registry hooks, other software can’t launch new draft messages for me (e.g.

#Portable thunderbird tools manual

Upgrading is a more manual process, so I don’t tend to do it as often.it means less junk installed in my Windows registry Thunderbird Portable puts its settings in an.the whole thing sits inside my hidden TrueCrypt volume it’s totally invisible.I can restore a backup just to look at it, without affecting the current copy (I first turn off auto-downloading of messages, though).I can easily back up the whole thing by backing up the program’s root folder (no need for special software like MozBackup).with just a flash drive–no laptop–and get a new one there on arrival.) I can easily move the whole thing (profiles, program, all settings, and all plugins) from one computer to another, or even just on a flash drive.Just so you’re all aware of another email backup option: the site does a good job of providing current versions of Thunderbird (and lots of other good software) in portable format. So, here’s an expanded version of that reply. I replied as well, mentioning Thunderbird Portable, and it was suggested that I share this info more broadly. Someone recently asked on a list about whether MozyBackup is always compatible with the latest version of Thunderbird, and one list member replied that it is generally sufficient to manually back up your profile, as described here: