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When moving a task from "meine Aufgaben" (my tasks) to another Gmail calendar tasklist ("AI"), a ghost entry, which cannot be completed or deleted, remains in the old Thunderbird tasklist "meine Aufgaben". Thus I have many tasks twice in different Thunderbird-calendars, but only once in Gmail.

I have TB 140.3. I;m trying to use the task function. At the bottom of the task column it says "select a writable calendar". Clicking it doesn't do anything. It won't let me set up a task. What do I do? Surprisingly there's no mention of tasks that I can find anywhere in any settings page.

JC

(None of the topics provided when creating the question seems to "best describe" this question. So I chose one at random.)

When I create a new task, I can choose a due date. But it seems that when choosing a due date, it forces me to also choose a due time. Is it possible to add a task with a due date but no due time? Maybe something akin to the "all day event" for calendar events?

This answer says to "choose the option 'All Day Event'", but I don't have this option when creating a task (see attached screenshot).

My workaround is to choose an arbitrary time. While this works somewhat, it's unsatisfactory.

Thanks for any help.

Request Assistance: 1) I can no longer find the software version of thunderbird when I start up the software. Seems like I need to determine that first.

2) The calender pane that used to be on the right side of the screen is no longer there and I can't figure out how to restore that pane.

Thanks, Steve Rothert

Some of my calendar reminders are not appearing. At least one in particular is still showing. This is a daily reminder. Other reminders whether for a set period or just a one off do not appear.

I am using Version 140.1 on Firefox.

Hi there,

I have configured my Google Calendars in Lightning, using the Provider for Google extension. But my primary mail account is not the google mail account.

When receiving invites I get the message that no 'writable' calendar is configured. I read that you should be able to associate another mail address to an Calendar but apparently this option is not available using the Provider for Google configuration.

Any suggestions?

I am trying to link to a calendar hosted on www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk. That application supplies a URL for me to paste in to a calendar application. I successfully create the new calendar in Thunderbird (i.e. I see a message saying the calendar has been created) but no events appear. The new calendar is shown greyed-out in the Calendar List. Opening its properties I can put a tick in to 'Switch this calendar on' but on clicking OK the calendar in the list appears properly for about a second before it is greyed out again. The error console shows the following: While creating services from category 'profile-after-change', could not create service for entry 'calendar-backend-loader', contract ID 'service,@mozilla.org/calendar/backend-loader;1' Expression Search: init... Use of Mutation Events is deprecated. Use MutationObserver instead.

Hi,

Yes, there is an article how to do this. But that does not work. Doing it says: - I have installed the appropriate extension - I select File =>new => Calendar => from network - I select Google calendar - I type the requested email address

Here it stops! I get a message (translated from Dutch) "You browser does not allow javascript. Please turn on javascript" The window is not from my browsers, but from Thunderbird. Kidding? How to allow javascript in Thunderburd

Attempting to restore calendar to Thunderbird 60.2.1 running in WIN 7 Pro. The "available" Lightning add-on is incompatible with this version of TB. However I know that Lightning 6.2.2.1 is running happily in another otherwise identical installation! How do I get the file (.xpi ?) to install Lightning 6.2.2.1 ? (I see solutions for Linux folk in this quandary, but nothing for Windows?)

tried to follow the instructions but the config option to reset in the config manager doesn't exist

https://i.imgur.com/G6H5CT0.png

My calendar has disappeared. I have years of important dates that are lost. . . say it ain't so, Mozilla! WTF. My "add-ons" show nothing installed. Are you kidding me? They broke Thunderbird?

I would like to create a calendar event directly from an email message so that the event links to the email or at least contains the information in the message. It looks like this does not exist in Lightning but perhaps there is an add-on?

If there is no way to do that directly, what is the best option for linking to the information in the email message? Just cutting and pasting the information in the message? It would be better to link to the email directly but maybe that is not possible.

I thought I could save the email as a file and then save it as an attachment to the event. However, when I click "Attachment" at the bottom of the event, nothing seems to happen. No new window opens so I cannot select a file. Does this mean that my installation may be corrupt?

would like to open lightning (calendar) from desktop w/o opening Thunderbird. Have W-10 home, Thunderbird is v-45.5.0 Thanks PS make it easy on directions as I am in the PC learning stage at 75 DJ

(1) Please add more choices to the Triage Topics dropdown list:

• CALENDAR  !!!
• OTHER [with text-entry box]
• ... ??? ...

(2) REMINDER PANEL is UNRELIABLE. see attached screenshot file: (REMINDER PANEL is UNRELIABLE.png)

Thank you, Mike Ramey

I have run into a calendar notification bug when Thunderbird is not executing. This started about a month ago and may be due to changes in the 140esr release (I was on 128esr previously).

Suppose I set an appointment for tomorrow at 9pm and ask the calendar to notify me a day in advance. If Thunderbird is executing at 9pm on day before, this works fine. If Thunderbird is not active, the notification is never made when I open Thunderbird after 9 pm on the day before the appointment.

This problem also occurs if I Snooze the notification and do not have Thunderbird running when the snooze period is completed. If does work if Thunderbird is open at the time of Snooze completion.

I have tested this on two different computers, a desktop and notebook, both running Windows 10. Currently running Thunderbird 140.2.0esr.

I have missed two appointments when Thunderbird calendar did not warn me about them.

I believe I have noticed a change in the operation of Calendar Event notifications, following recent updates to Thunderbird, in the past week or more. I am currently on release 137.0.2 (64-bit) running on a Linux Desktop. This computer gets shut down every night, and rebooted the following morning. When a calendar reminder has been snoozed, and the snooze time expires when the computer is not running, and Thunderbird is not running, those calendar reminders used to show up the next time Thunderbird was started after the computer was rebooted, even if the calendar event time had already passed. In the last week or so, following recent updates, I believe this is no longer happening.

Also, I believe that calendar events that have reminders set, that have not been snoozed, whose reminder time happens when the computer is shut down, are also not being shown reminders the next time the computer is started, if the reminder time happened when Thunderbird was not running. This is also a change from the way it used to work. For example, if an event is marked as starting at 10:00 AM, with a reminder set for 2 hours before (which would be 8 AM), and the computer is booted and Thunderbird is started at 8:30 AM, that reminder no longer happens. That is a change from the way it used to work. A few weeks ago, in that scenario, the reminder would have been shown the next time Thunderbird started up.

After the last update of Thunderbird the calendar will not hold the sync with Outlook calendar. I tried resetting the sync link without success.TB will flash the events from Outlook when I click the "Enable" button but not hold them. Is there a solution?