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You can bring up Mozilla's or Thunderbird's Address Book using the command-line switch "-addressbook" [http://www.mozilla.org/docs/command-line-args.html]. | You can bring up Mozilla's or Thunderbird's Address Book using the command-line switch "-addressbook" [http://www.mozilla.org/docs/command-line-args.html]. | ||
For example, on Windows: | For example, on Windows: | ||
C:\Program Files\Mozilla\mozilla.exe -addressbook<br> | C:\Program Files\Mozilla\mozilla.exe -addressbook<br> | ||
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe -addressbook | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe -addressbook | ||
And on Mac OS X: | And on Mac OS X: | ||
/Applications/Mozilla.app/Contents/MacOS/mozilla -ProfileManager<br> | /Applications/Mozilla.app/Contents/MacOS/mozilla -ProfileManager<br> | ||
/Applications/Thunderbird.app/Contents/MacOS/thunderbird -ProfileManager | /Applications/Thunderbird.app/Contents/MacOS/thunderbird -ProfileManager | ||
You can run these commands in whatever command line interface your have on your OS (Command Prompt on Windows, Terminal on Mac OS X, et cetera). | You can run these commands in whatever command-line interface your have on your OS (Command Prompt on Windows, Terminal on Mac OS X, et cetera). | ||
===See also=== | ===See also=== | ||
* [[Using a Command Line Switch]] | * [[Using a Command Line Switch]] | ||
Revision as of 04:28, 12 March 2005
You can bring up Mozilla's or Thunderbird's Address Book using the command-line switch "-addressbook" [1].
For example, on Windows:
C:\Program Files\Mozilla\mozilla.exe -addressbook
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe -addressbook
And on Mac OS X:
/Applications/Mozilla.app/Contents/MacOS/mozilla -ProfileManager
/Applications/Thunderbird.app/Contents/MacOS/thunderbird -ProfileManager
You can run these commands in whatever command-line interface your have on your OS (Command Prompt on Windows, Terminal on Mac OS X, et cetera).
