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#1 2026-01-26 12:12:46
- Lone_Wolf
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How to prevent thunderbird from creating ~/Thunderbird folder ?
A few days ago I noticed cli completion of ~/T didn't give me ~/Temp as intended.
Checking the directories under $HOME revealed the existence of a directory Thunderbird .
I didn't create it, it was empty so I deleted it.
Unfortunately every time I start thunderbird (.desktop, /usr/bin/thunderbird, /usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird ) it recreates this folder.
My thunderbird profile is in the same location it has always been ( ~/.thunderbird ) and works fine.
Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.
clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky
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#2 2026-01-26 12:33:33
- StarWolf3000
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Re: How to prevent thunderbird from creating ~/Thunderbird folder ?
External bug report: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2007074
Seems to be related to XDG changes.
Last edited by StarWolf3000 (2026-01-26 12:51:54)
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#3 2026-01-26 13:58:35
- Lone_Wolf
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Re: How to prevent thunderbird from creating ~/Thunderbird folder ?
Thx, bookmarked.
Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.
clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky
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#4 2026-02-02 12:09:09
- StarWolf3000
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Re: How to prevent thunderbird from creating ~/Thunderbird folder ?
Still present in Thunderbird 147.0.1 (but Firefox 147.0.1 has it fixed already). Hoping for fix in 147.0.2 or greater.
Mainboard: GIGABYTE B550 AORUS ELITE V2 | CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32 GB
GPU: GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB (580.119.02 proprietary) | Display: BenQ BL2405 1920x1080
Kernel: 6.18.7 stable | Boot Manager: GRUB2 | DE: KDE Plasma | Login Manager: SDDM | Compositor: KWin
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