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How do I reorder accounts

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I used to be able to reorder email accounts using drag and drop but it doesn't work any more. How is it done now?

Another answer said the order was set in prefs.js. If I remember from Windows 95, that was a configuration file? Where will I find it on Windows 11?

The problem has arisen because I have had to change my main Google account. A gamer (I suspect) wrote a bot taking money from my Google Play account. In resolving that, I created another account so I could abandon the other. However Google security saw my behaviour as suspicious. My "appeal" was upheld, but creating the account again on Thunderbird didn't trigger the security popups. The only way I could do that was to force the account manually. That put it after Local Folders, which I usually want open.

[Tried to make 'after' italic - don't get how it works, sorry.]

I used to be able to reorder email accounts using drag and drop but it doesn't work any more. How is it done now? Another answer said the order was set in prefs.js. If I remember from Windows 95, that was a configuration file? Where will I find it on Windows 11? The problem has arisen because I have had to change my main Google account. A gamer (I suspect) wrote a bot taking money from my Google Play account. In resolving that, I created another account so I could abandon the other. However Google security saw my behaviour as suspicious. My "appeal" was upheld, but creating the account again on Thunderbird didn't trigger the security popups. The only way I could do that was to force the account manually. That put it ''after'' Local Folders, which I usually want open. [Tried to make 'after' italic - don't get how it works, sorry.]

Chosen solution

  1. click to account settings pane
  2. highlight the account in left column that you want to move
  3. while holding left mouse button down, drag up or down
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  1. click to account settings pane
  2. highlight the account in left column that you want to move
  3. while holding left mouse button down, drag up or down
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