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Perpetual "Compact folders" popup

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Wayne Mery replied prije 17 sati
Karl Grimm
Karl Grimm

Every time I start TB on Windows 10, I am seeing "Compact folders". The prompt is offering to save around 310MB, but no matter how many times I select COMPACT NOW, I still get the prompt next time.

I have tried: 

 - compact all folders in all accounts
 - Repair Folders in all accounts, all folders (which took a while! I have 10 email accounts)
 - deleting global-messages-db.sqlite

Any ideas on how to resolve this would be appreciated. Email is still working fine, I am just trying to get rid of the never ending prompt.

TB version 147.0 (yes, I know, I know. But I have made it look exactly how I want, so I avoid regular updates unless absolutely necessary.) Thanks.

Every time I start TB on Windows 10, I am seeing "Compact folders". The prompt is offering to save around 310MB, but no matter how many times I select COMPACT NOW, I still get the prompt next time. I have tried: - compact all folders in all accounts - Repair Folders in all accounts, all folders (which took a while! I have 10 email accounts) - deleting global-messages-db.sqlite Any ideas on how to resolve this would be appreciated. Email is still working fine, I am just trying to get rid of the never ending prompt. TB version 147.0 (yes, I know, I know. But I have made it look exactly how I want, so I avoid regular updates unless absolutely necessary.) Thanks.
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Wayne Mery
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This is likely resolved in newer esr version 153.1.1 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2054592

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