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It is being publicized as a anti-ransomware feature but it can also be used to control what applications can access your profile.
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The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update added " Controlled File Access". That can be bypassed by somebody else with admin privileges, or by booting another operating system using a live CD such as Knoppix. For example, if you store your profile on a NTFS partition you can right-click on the folder in Windows Explorer, select Properties, the Security tab, and then specify who has access to that folder.
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It is trivial to bypass by running in safe mode (to disable the extension) or by using a text editor such as Notepad to read the text files that Thunderbird stores the messages in. The ProfilePassword extension requires a user to enter a password in order to use the profile.