Sharing a Thunderbird Profile between Linux and Windows

If you are using Windows and openSUSE, it would be to be able to use the same Thunderbird's profile from either the Windows or openSUSE. Before sharing, you should store Thunderbird's profile in FAT32 partition that can be accessed by both Windows and openSUSE.

How to Thunderbird's profile :

1.Copy Thunderbird's profile
For Windows 7, when you download or get mails, they will store in C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxxx.default. So you have to copy that folder (xxxxxxxxx.default) to FAT32 partition (example D:/profile/xxxxxxxxx.default).

2.Edit profile.ini
In Windows 7, Go to C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird → open profile.ini then change something as bellow :

IsRelative=0
Path= D:/profile/xxxxxxxxx.default (New profile's path)

In openSUSE, you Go to /home/user_name/.thunderbird → open profile.ini then change something as bellow :

IsRelative=0
Path=/windows/D/Profiles/xxxxxxxxx.default (New profile's path. I supposed it's automatically mounted to /windows.)

3. Restart Thunderbird

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