[pchelpers] Re: folder / Thunderbird

>> Can you rename other folders? I haven't heard of these kind of problems 
>> before.

Be careful, just heard there used to be a bug that is maybe still in 
your old version in which folders can get 'overwritten' or 'lost' when 
renaming several times in a row.. as in

rename folderA to folderB
rename folderC to folderD
rename folderB to folderC

now what was originally folderA and should now be folderC is 'lost'.
(quoted from http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1722833#1722833)

>> BTW, you *can* use the same name twice as long as the two folders are 
>> not inside the same folder. You can make a new folder with the correct 
>> name as a subfolder of a different folder, and then you can drag it to 
>> the correct position once you've deleted the one that is misbehaving.
> 
> Just looked, and the one that it would not let me rename it - well,  the 
> original one was back and in the right place.  Strange.

Probably just required compacting all files: file < compact folders 
(after highlighting any folder in the correct account)

> So, I just deleted the one named 'new' since I had the data on there in 
> the original folder.  ANYWAY.
> I was able to rename it when it is a subfolder in the trash bin, grin.
> 
> I'm not going to try to move any folders to test it out since I have 
> them where they belong right now. 

Good to know the issue is resolved, but do a complete compact anyhow. 
Also be sure to make regular backups of all personal data on your 
computer, including email and bookmarks. Just copy your Thunderbird and 
Firefox profile folders. More info here:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder
but all you probably have to look at are the 2 lines explaining the 
locations for your operating system.

MozBackup is great for automating this a bit, but it apparently 
sometimes doesn't work, and i would not not test it as they recommend 
unless you're sure you don't get confused during the process of first 
making a new profile and/or backups: http://kb.mozillazine.org/MozBackup


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