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Desktop icon for Thunderbird's calendar?

13 years ago

Hi,

I'm trying to find a way to make a desktop icon for Thunderbird's calendar feature. Does anyone know if that's possible? I'd like to be able to skip the step of opening Thunderbird and then clicking on Events and Tasks and then Calendar. Thank you!

Pam

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
13 years ago
are you talking about sunbird or something built into thunderbird? Have you tried sunbird?
Sunbird

I do not have thunderbird on anything right now so can not look at it, but I always used sunbird with it and you can have a sunbird icon on your desktop

Mozilla Sunbird: Free Calendar Application
pfmastin
Original Author
13 years ago
Yes RC, it's built into Thunderbird. I will keep Sunbird in mind, though. Thanks!
Pam
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daylilydayzed
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I have Thunderbird on both of my computers, and it doesn't have a calender in it. The calender is Sunbird and it is available at the link in the post above
pfmastin
Original Author
13 years ago
Hi RC,
I decided to download Sunbird and it is the same calendar I'm already using except that I get to it by opening Thunderbird, choosing Events and Tasks and then Calendar. :)
Do you know how I could transfer everything on that calendar over to the new one I just downloaded? If not, I'll just transfer manually, but a shortcut would be great. Thank you for the suggestion...now I know I *can* have an icon on my desktop for it.
Pam
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
13 years ago
Pam I am sure there is a way but I no longer have sunbird so I can not check to see, there may be an import option like there is for firefox to import all your faves and settings, hopefully someone that uses sunbird can jump in and help.

there is a specific forum for sunbird you could definitely ask there and get people that know how to use it. what you want to do is sync your existing sunbird calendar with the new sunbird you just installed. There is a question similar to that on the forum now but has not been answered yet.

according to this article there is a method to import and export the calendar items.
Using Mozilla Sunbird

there are a lot of neat add-ons for sunbird also like there are for firefox and thunderbird.
Add-ons for Sunbird

Here is a link that might be useful: sunbird forum
pfmastin
Original Author
13 years ago
Thank you RC, I'll check out your links. I always appreciate all your help.
Pam

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