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This article explains how to customize your Thunderbird installation on Windows with the full, offline installer (versus the simplified online Thunderbird installer described in the Install Thunderbird on Windows article, where you can't make any changes to the installation options, such as the program folder where Thunderbird is installed).
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Where to download Thunderbird for a custom installation
You can download the Thunderbird Setup file in your language, from this Thunderbird download page.
How to install Thunderbird with custom settings
When you run the Thunderbird Setup file, the Mozilla Thunderbird Setup Wizard will open.
After clicking you can choose a Standard or Custom installation. The Standard setup will be selected by default.
A Custom setup lets you choose the folder where Thunderbird program files will be installed, as well as which shortcuts to create. These options are not available in a Standard setup. Select the Custom setup type and click .
Choose where Thunderbird is installed
The next step is where you can choose a different Destination Folder, which is where the Thunderbird program files will be installed.
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\ is the default folder path on 32-bit Windows. It's also the default location on 64-bit Windows when the 64-bit Thunderbird version is installed.
When the 32-bit Thunderbird version is installed on 64-bit Windows, the default folder path is C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\
You can change the folder where Thunderbird will be installed either by manually typing the location of another folder on your computer, or you can click to select a new folder.
- Space required: The amount of space on your hard drive that's needed to install Thunderbird.
- Space available: The amount of space available on your hard drive.
Click to continue.
Choose optional components
In the next screen, you can choose whether to install the optional Mozilla Maintenance Service which allows application updates to occur in the background, without requiring you to click in the Windows User Account Control (UAC) dialog. For more information, see What is the Mozilla Maintenance Service?
Choose shortcuts
- On my Desktop: You can choose to create a Thunderbird shortcut icon on the Windows Desktop.
- In my Start Menu Programs folder: This will create a Thunderbird shortcut icon in the Windows Start Menu Programs folder.
- On my taskbar: This will add a Thunderbird shortcut icon in the Windows taskbar.
After choosing which Thunderbird program shortcuts to create, click .
Summary
The Summary that comes up next will show the folder location where Thunderbird will be installed.
- Check mark Use Thunderbird as my default mail application if you want Thunderbird to start up in your mail application when you click a mail link or shortcut. For more information, see Make Thunderbird the default mail client.
If you are reinstalling Thunderbird over an existing version, you'll see an button instead of an button.
Click or to complete the installation. When Thunderbird is finished installing, the Completing the Mozilla Thunderbird Setup Wizard screen will appear.
Click . This will start Thunderbird with the default profile, in case a profile already exists. If there are multiple existing profiles, and you want to start Thunderbird with a specific one, first clear the Launch Thunderbird now checkbox.
Congratulations, you are done installing Thunderbird!
