Closed Bug 247367 Opened 21 years ago Closed 21 years ago

Unable to start TB 0.7 when user profile path contains an accent.

Categories

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
critical

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 247377

People

(Reporter: s.jeanjean, Assigned: mscott)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040614 Firefox/0.8 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040614 Firefox/0.8 My user name on WinXP is Stéphane. With TB 0.6 the profile directory is C:\Documents and Settings\Stéphane\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles But with TB 0.7 the profile directory become C:\Documents and Settings\STéPHANE\APPLICATION DATA\Thunderbird\Profiles The old profile is not used (and TB ask to create a new one) and if you delete the wrong directory, TB doesn't start anymore (Profile in use error) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Upgrade to TB 0.7 Expected Results: Use the 0.6 profile
similiar bug is Bug 247377, perhaps related to Bug 202366
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 247377 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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