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Thunderbird - Local folders are no longer fully displayed.

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bzjustus
bzjustus

Hello,

After today's Thunderbird update for Windows 11, over half of the folders in the local folder are no longer displayed. However, the folders are present in the backup folder on an external hard drive.

What's causing this?

Best regards, Steffen Liebig Bautzen, Saxony, Germany

Hello, After today's Thunderbird update for Windows 11, over half of the folders in the local folder are no longer displayed. However, the folders are present in the backup folder on an external hard drive. What's causing this? Best regards, Steffen Liebig Bautzen, Saxony, Germany

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Mapenzi
Mapenzi
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In Thunderbird go to Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Folder > Open Folder, the quit Thunderbird. In your backup copy of your Thunderbird profile, open it and go to the Mail folder: copy the folder "Local Folders" folder and paste it in "Mail" in your actual profile folder, thus replacing the incomplete Local Folders...

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