thunderbird-openunc

Open multibyte UNC links in Mozilla Thunderbird via external program under Windows.

Why is it necessary?

Windows explorer does not open multibyte UNC links in Thunderbird.
file:///\\servername\Ｍｕｌｔｉｂｙｔｅ
Since opened with url encoded, decode via external program.

Settings

1. Build C# program to OpenUNC.exe by build.bat. (need .NET Framework)
2. Open UNC links via OpenUNC.exe in Thunderbird. (also need .NET Framework)
   https://support.mozilla.org/kb/configuration-options-attachments

Tips

• Thunderbird does not encode space to %20.
  If UNC path includes space, need to convert manually.
  file:///\\servername\path to\file -> file:///\\servername\path%20to\file

• URL Link addon is useful with this program.