{"id":26919,"date":"2022-07-23T16:47:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T11:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=26919"},"modified":"2023-08-09T23:09:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T17:39:25","slug":"register-thunderbird-portable-with-default-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/register-thunderbird-portable-with-default-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Register Thunderbird Portable with Default Apps or Default Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-26922 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/thunderbird-icon.png\" alt=\"thunderbird icon\" width=\"15%\" \/>Mozilla\u00ae Thunderbird is a freeware email client that has lots of features, including quick message search, customizable views, support for IMAP\/POP, RSS support, etc. Mozilla Thunderbird\u00ae, Portable Edition is the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app.<\/p>\n<p><em>PortableApps.com is a popular portable software solution allowing you to take your favorite software with you. A fully open source and free platform, it works from any synced cloud folder (DropBox, Google Drive, Box, etc), from your local PC on an internal or external drive, or on any portable storage device (USB flash drive, memory card, portable hard drive, etc) moved between PCs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The portable version of Mozilla Thunderbird lets you store your email and address book on a removable drive so that you can take the data with you wherever you go.<\/p>\n<p>In this article, we&#8217;ll see how to add or remove Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition to Default Apps\/Default Programs in Windows.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Register Thunderbird Portable with Default Apps<\/h2>\n<p>To add Mozilla Thunderbird Portable mail client to Default Apps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/winhelponline\/8ba5e80c1d19088f56f4162201fbaca3\/archive\/da5e9e176e545bfc95d7832c14dda0932f3dd0a2.zip\">Download<\/a> the following script. Or copy the VBScript code to Notepad and save the file as <code>thunderbirdportable.vbs<\/code>\n<pre>https:\/\/gist.github.com\/winhelponline\/8ba5e80c1d19088f56f4162201fbaca3<\/pre>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/winhelponline\/8ba5e80c1d19088f56f4162201fbaca3.js?file=thunderbirdportable.vbs\"><\/script>\n<\/li>\n<li>Move the script file to the same folder as <code>ThunderbirdPortable.exe<\/code> for it to work.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/thunderbirdportable-script.png\" alt=\"thunderbirdportable.vbs same folder\" width=\"530\" height=\"215\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Double-click <code>thunderbirdportable.vbs<\/code> to run it.<\/li>\n<li>Type <code>REGISTER<\/code> and click OK to add Thunderbird Portable to Default Apps or Default Programs. Once done, the script launches Default Apps or Default Programs automatically.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/thunderbirdportable-default-apps.png\" alt=\"thunderbird portable add to default apps\" width=\"662\" height=\"725\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Select &#8220;Thunderbird Portable&#8221; from the list (<strong>even<\/strong> if it shows as the current default mail client) and set it as the default.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/strong> The script makes modifications to your current user profile registry (<code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER<\/code>) only. It doesn&#8217;t register the DLLs using <code>RegSvr32.exe<\/code> as it requires administrator rights, and registering the modules using <code>RegSvr32.exe<\/code> might affect the settings in other user accounts.\u00a0For this reason, the above script registers the DLLs manually under <code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><em>(To remove Thunderbird Portable from Default Apps, rerun the script, and this time, type <code>UNREGISTER<\/code> and click OK.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"qt\">\n<h4>You can run the script non-interactively<\/h4>\n<p>To register or unregister Thunderbird Portable silently (non-interactively), you can use the following syntax:<\/p>\n<pre>wscript.exe D:\\ThunderbirdPortable\\thunderbirdportable.vbs -REG<\/pre>\n<pre>wscript.exe D:\\ThunderbirdPortable\\thunderbirdportable.vbs -UNREG<\/pre>\n<p>You can even create desktop shortcuts for the above commands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>See Also<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/register-firefox-portable-with-default-apps\/\">Register Firefox Portable with Default Apps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/register-opera-portable-with-default-apps\/\">Register Opera Portable with Default Apps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/register-google-chrome-portable-with-default-apps-or-default-programs\/\">Register Google Chrome Portable with Default Apps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>I hope that was useful. If you\u2019re looking for a similar script for other portable apps, pls let\u2019s know in the comments section below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla\u00ae Thunderbird is a freeware email client that has lots of features, including quick message search, customizable views, support for IMAP\/POP, RSS support, etc. Mozilla Thunderbird\u00ae, Portable Edition is the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app. PortableApps.com is a popular portable software solution allowing you to take &#8230; <a title=\"Register Thunderbird Portable with Default Apps or Default Programs\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/register-thunderbird-portable-with-default-apps\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Register Thunderbird Portable with Default Apps or Default Programs\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[878,137,881,441,480,880],"class_list":["post-26919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-utilities","category-windows","tag-default-apps","tag-default-programs","tag-portable","tag-registry","tag-scripts","tag-thunderbird"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":499,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/register-firefox-portable-with-default-apps\/","url_meta":{"origin":26919,"position":0},"title":"Register Firefox Portable with Default Apps or Default Programs in Windows","author":"Ramesh","date":"August 26, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Mozilla Firefox\u00ae, Portable Edition is the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your bookmarks, extensions, and saved passwords with you. 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