Guru Thunderbird Help Please

Running Win XP pro on several PCs.

I need to have Thunderbird automatically place the eMail attachments in
a local folder.

I have never had any kind of problem using FileZilla with Thunderbird.
It just works for me !

My oldest XP pro does this with FileZilla perfectly but the later
Thunderbird version is giving me the bird !

Is there some addon that will place attachments in any folder folder ?

Trying here first since I get no satisfaction at the Tbird newsgroup.

if I have to go to an old Tbird, the so be it !
I must do this task !
Where can I get the one that works with FileZilla ?
Links please.

Thank you !