I tried with new profile, but the scenario persist. If I put the mbox
files in the default location of Local Folders everything works. If I
put the mbox files in any other location, at the first compact or
reindex, the mails become unaccessible.
I can't see the connection between indexing and the location of the
mbox files.

On Jan 8, 3:04*am, Ron Hunter wrote:
> On 1/7/2010 3:21 PM, clay wrote:
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> > Istv n wrote:
> >> If I move the default profile to a different drive than C: where TB is
> >> installed, reindex/compact corruption happens for all the folders from
> >> every account. This is not normal. I would like to know id it happens
> >> only to me or it's a general problem...
>
> > Whenever I set up a new computer (same as moving a profile, I would
> > think) I go through the motions of setting up a user and mail account.
> > Just put the minimum, usually bogus, info in the fields required to get
> > me through the setup.
> > Set it up with the profile wherever you want it.
> > Close Thunderbird.
> > Then I drop all the contents of the old/existing profile into the newly
> > created profile folder, replacing/overwriting everything in the folder.
> > Saves time if I remember to clean up/compact before copying.
> > Open Thunderbird and the new computer is the same as the old computer....
> > Has worked on windows to windows and windows to Linux setups.
>
> That works well, and I use it, but if the reason for making a new
> profile is to correct a strange bug, then that method probably isn't a
> good choice as it will just replicate the problem into the new profile.
>
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> Ron Hunter - rphun...@charter.net