Hi Ekhart, Monday, May 26, 2008, 12:20:44 AM, you wrote: EGlnl> C:\Documents and Settings\<Windows user name>\Application=20 EGlnl> Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\<Profile name>\Mail\<mail server>\Inbox.msf This can be simplified to: %AppData%\Thunderbird\Profiles\<Profile name>\Mail\<mail server>\Inbox.msf although that won't work if Thunderbird doesn't support environment expansion. EGlnl> No, Inbox.msf is not the inbox. I should hope no program in the world=20 EGlnl> would suggest deleting data without at least a warning. (Well Microsoft=20 EGlnl> does in fact do that with ScanDisk and probably Chkdsk too.) Sure? Scandisk has options to specify whether to delete or not. Chkdsk has a command-line option, as I recall, and in any event is intended for automated repairs. -- Scott. -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.