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I am using Ubuntu 14.04 x64bit and I try to run Mozilla Thunderbird in order to manage my email accounts !

Whenever I open it and try to create a profile I get the following error :

Profile couldn't be created. Probably the chosen folder isn't writable.
[Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520015 (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED) [nsIToolkitProfileService.createProfile]"  nsresult: "0x80520015 (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED)"  location: "JS frame :: chrome://mozapps/content/profile/createProfileWizard.js :: onFinish :: line 196"  data: no]

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I tried to remove the profiles.ini file in ~/.thunderbird folder but nothing , change folder profile name (instead of Default User , to something else) again nothing ..

Anyone can help me out ? Thanks in Advance

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  • What are the ownerships / permissions on the relevant directories? You can list them from a terminal e.g. using ls -al ~/.thunderbird/
    – steeldriver
    Commented May 2, 2015 at 10:24
  • Obviously the app doesn't have an access to a file. Unfortunately the error message doesn't print what the file it trying to access, but you can easily find it → just launch the thunderbird with strace program. It does prints system calls; somewhere higher the system call which prints the error you would see a call that trying to use a file with Permission denied error.
    – Hi-Angel
    Commented May 2, 2015 at 10:32
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    You were right .. i just removed from the ~/.cache folder the thunderbird folder and when i started thunderbird i got no error :-)) access("/home/rel0aded/.cache/thunderbird/v1wb1dmb.default", F_OK) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) mkdir("/home/rel0aded/.cache/thunderbird/v1wb1dmb.default", 0700) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) add it as an answer so i can vote it for you !
    – User1911
    Commented May 2, 2015 at 14:40

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I suggested the @User1911 to use strace to find the system call that is failing with Permission denied error — there would be written the path to a problem file.

They got the output

access("/home/rel0aded/.cache/thunderbird/v1wb1dmb.default", F_OK) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
mkdir("/home/rel0aded/.cache/thunderbird/v1wb1dmb.default", 0700) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)

And removing the ~/.cache/thunderbird directory worked.

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  • Basically I just removed ~/.cache/thunderbird directory ! and worked but it's pretty much the same :-)
    – User1911
    Commented May 2, 2015 at 15:19
  • @User1911 ah, I'll edit it ☺
    – Hi-Angel
    Commented May 2, 2015 at 15:20
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A quick workaround could be running Thunderbird as a super user:

sudo thunderbird

Once the profile is created, you can close Thunderbird and proceed as usual.

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