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    {Opera Mail 1.0} How can I change location of Opera Mail storage directory?

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    • guidoruzzier
      guidoruzzier last edited by

      @leocg
      That's exactly what I did - twice! - as I explained in detail in my previous message at 4:25 PM today, but it didn't work.

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      • guidoruzzier
        guidoruzzier last edited by

        @emc

        No, that went automatically and everything is OK. Kindly read my message of April 7, at the head of this Discussion, and my other questions. I would welcome your suggestions, if you have any. Thx!

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
          1. I rebooted my pc (it runs on Windows 7)

          No need to do it

          Mail Root Directory=G:/Opera Mail >

          Try Mail Root Directory=G:\Opera Mail

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          • guidoruzzier
            guidoruzzier last edited by

            @leocg
            I had tried that before, knowing that the slash < / > I had used could have been the wrong one, and that I should probably have used < \ >, but it hadn't helped.
            I was thinking that maybe the instruction < Mail Root Directory=G:\Opera Mail > should go under some heading other than "Mail" in < operaprefs.ini >, and/or that my < Opera Mail > file should be transferred from < C:\Utenti\Guido\AppData\Roaming\Opera\Opera Mail > to a different place than just < G:\Opera Mail >.
            I haven't tried to create a folder < G:\Opera|Opera Mail > - do you think that could do the trick?
            Thanks!

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

              maybe the instruction should go under some heading other than "Mail"

              Nope, Mail is the right place.

              What do you have under G;\Opera Mail?

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              • guidoruzzier
                guidoruzzier last edited by

                @leocg

                Nothing, now: I even deleted the empty folder with that name that I had created.
                Thank you for taking so much trouble - it's the first time ever that I cannot solve such a stupid problem, by myself or with the help of some nice person like you...
                Most of what I found in forums etc. refers to Opera's old mail program, and I have noticed that there are a lot of perplexed users around, now that there's Opera Mail.

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                  Make sure that g:\opera mail had the same content of your current mail folder. Check help > about ooera to see the path.

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                  • guidoruzzier
                    guidoruzzier last edited by

                    @leocg

                    Thx. This is what it looks like:

                    Preferenze
                    C:\Users\Guido\AppData\Roaming\Opera Mail\Opera Mail\operaprefs.ini
                    Sessione salvata
                    C:\Users\Guido\AppData\Roaming\Opera Mail\Opera Mail\sessions\autopera.win
                    Cartella di Opera
                    C:\Users\Guido\AppData\Roaming\Opera Mail\Opera Mail
                    Cartella della posta
                    C:\Users\Guido\AppData\Local\Opera Mail\Opera Mail\mail

                    I suppose I should work on < Cartella della posta >, since that's where my stuff presently resides. If it's so, which < Opera Mail > folder should I remove, to be placed into < G:\Opera Mail >? The first or the second? In other words, the final result should be:
                    1.
                    G:\Opera Mail\Opera Mail\mail
                    or just
                    2.
                    G:\Opera Mail\mail ?

                    Thx again, and good night!

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                      The last path that you've listed is your mail folder. Copy/move it to your G drive and change the path in operaprefs.ini.

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                      • guidoruzzier
                        guidoruzzier last edited by

                        @leocg

                        That sounds better. I'll work on it in the next days, and than I'll come back and tell you.

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                        • guidoruzzier
                          guidoruzzier last edited by

                          @leocg

                          Sorry, I obviously meant < ... and then ... >

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