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Thunderbird all of the sudden does not "see" my address book

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As of this morning, Thunderbird does not see my address book. i realized that addresses are not auto-completed as I type. When I open Address Book from within Thunderbird, there are no subdirectories for Local Addresses and Collected Addresses. View->Layout->Directory Pane is checked.

Looking at my profile folder, there are history.mab and abook.mab files dated several days ago. There are no *.mab.bak files in the profile folder, so I guess these are not corrupted.

When I press F9 while in Write window, address book pops up empty as well.

I can create a new address book with a dummy contact, and it is displayed. I see in the profile folder abook-1.mab file has been created. But still abook.mab and history.mab are not dipslayed.

I use Thunderbird 68.10.0 Please advise, any help is highly appreciated.

As of this morning, Thunderbird does not see my address book. i realized that addresses are not auto-completed as I type. When I open Address Book from within Thunderbird, there are no subdirectories for Local Addresses and Collected Addresses. View->Layout->Directory Pane is checked. Looking at my profile folder, there are history.mab and abook.mab files dated several days ago. There are no *.mab.bak files in the profile folder, so I guess these are not corrupted. When I press F9 while in Write window, address book pops up empty as well. I can create a new address book with a dummy contact, and it is displayed. I see in the profile folder abook-1.mab file has been created. But still abook.mab and history.mab are not dipslayed. I use Thunderbird 68.10.0 Please advise, any help is highly appreciated.

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Open the mab files in a text editor like Notepad and check if your addresses are inside.

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I can open the .mab files, and I can see the addresses are there. Here is the beginning of history.mab // < <(a=c)> // (f=iso-8859-1)

 (B8=LastModifiedDate)(B9=RecordKey)(BA=AddrCharSet)(BB=LastRecordKey)
 (BC=ns:addrbk:db:table:kind:pab)(BD=ListName)(BE=ListNickName)
 (BF=ListDescription)(C0=ListTotalAddresses)(C1=LowercaseListName)
 (C2=ns:addrbk:db:table:kind:deleted)(C3=DbRowID)(C4=PreferDisplayName)
 (C5=_GoogleTalk)(C6=UID)(80=ns:addrbk:db:row:scope:card:all)
 (81=ns:addrbk:db:row:scope:list:all)
 (82=ns:addrbk:db:row:scope:data:all)(83=FirstName)(84=LastName)
 (85=PhoneticFirstName)(86=PhoneticLastName)(87=DisplayName)
 (88=NickName)(89=PrimaryEmail)(8A=LowercasePrimaryEmail)
 (8B=SecondEmail)(8C=LowercaseSecondEmail)(8D=PreferMailFormat)
 (8E=PopularityIndex)(8F=WorkPhone)(90=HomePhone)(91=FaxNumber)
 (92=PagerNumber)(93=CellularNumber)(94=WorkPhoneType)(95=HomePhoneType)
 (96=FaxNumberType)(97=PagerNumberType)(98=CellularNumberType)
 (99=HomeAddress)(9A=HomeAddress2)(9B=HomeCity)(9C=HomeState)
 (9D=HomeZipCode)(9E=HomeCountry)(9F=WorkAddress)(A0=WorkAddress2)
 (A1=WorkCity)(A2=WorkState)(A3=WorkZipCode)(A4=WorkCountry)
 (A5=JobTitle)(A6=Department)(A7=Company)(A8=_AimScreenName)
 (A9=AnniversaryYear)(AA=AnniversaryMonth)(AB=AnniversaryDay)
 (AC=SpouseName)(AD=FamilyName)(AE=WebPage1)(AF=WebPage2)(B0=BirthYear)
 (B1=BirthMonth)(B2=BirthDay)(B3=Custom1)(B4=Custom2)(B5=Custom3)
 (B6=Custom4)(B7=Notes)>

<(3030=2e3)(81=)(80=0)(82=1)(CB=14)(83=rajo@xxx.rs)(2C43=1576961646)

 (1CB9=a14fa7b6-7f86-4d89-a739-6800099abc9e)(8F=2)(91=3)(90
   =rajo@xxx.rs)(7BA=1498581595)(1CBA
   =1725688e-8951-47c0-83fc-b61868c54bd7)(66A=vladimir rajovic)(D0=15)
 (92=xxx@gmail.com)(93=vladimir.rajovic)(2BC0=1574859472)
 (66B=vladimir)(66C=rajovic)(1CB8=c1de6956-d809-4d79-bc92-d829377cb3f2)
 (95=Aleksandra Lekic)(96=4)(157=36)(97=xxx@gmail.com)
 (98=Aleksandra)(99=Lekic)(9A=lekic.aleksandra)(20E0=1549480531)(1CE7
   =fb8536e0-e575-4de8-ba0e-f94ecce06734)(9F=5)(A5=xxx@yahoo.com)
 (A6=1483612669)(1CE8=1cbf78c9-7e51-4c24-b9e5-0c81d0ec0749)(8D=6)(A7
   =xxx@yahoo.com)(C2=1483810666)(1CE9
   =26868c7e-4ad8-499a-a698-77a230c4bcda)(A8=lz150039d)(A2=7)(A9
   =xxx@student.etf.rs)(1CEA=99d1e991-a55b-4de8-80d0-1c948406efea)
 (AB=dj150342d)(AC=8)(AD=xxx@student.etf.rs)(1CEB
   =4da9caf3-9307-489f-a812-5aeb828ccb90)(AE


I am not sure about its end though, it is cryptic:

@$${38C5{@

<(323B=2fb)(3239=c0fafeed-72c4-48d4-8c21-767bde64b5ec)(323A=763)> {1:^80 {(k^BC:c)(s=9)}

 [-2FB(^87^1C74)(^C6^3239)(^8D=0)(^C3=763)(^8E=0)(^89^1C76)(^83^1C77)
   (^C4=0)(^84^1C78)(^B8=0)(^8A^1C76)(^B9=2fb)]}

[1:^82(^BB=2fb)] @$$}38C5}@

@$${38C6{@

<(323E=2fc)(323C=ac35b0f7-66ad-4fa6-9918-afe62f63223b)(323D=764)> {1:^80 {(k^BC:c)(s=9)}

 [-2FC(^87^2DBA)(^C6^323C)(^8D=0)(^C3=764)(^8E=0)(^89^2DBD)(^83^656)
   (^C4=0)(^84^2DBE)(^B8=0)(^8A^2DBD)(^B9=2fc)]}

[1:^82(^BB=2fc)] @$$}38C6}@

@$${38C8{@

<(3241=2fd)(323F=52c31f9e-a96b-4c1f-9c50-a6c75184e6e7)(3240=765)> {1:^80 {(k^BC:c)(s=9)}

 [-2FD(^87^2D85)(^C6^323F)(^8D=0)(^C3=765)(^C5^2D88)(^8E=0)(^89^2D89)
   (^83^656)(^C4=0)(^84^2D8A)(^B8=0)(^8A^2D89)(^B9=2fd)]}

[1:^82(^BB=2fd)] @$$}38C8}@

@$${38C9{@

<(3244=2fe)(3242=49ca7e6b-522a-4a0d-b47f-b0dda5965439)(3243=766)> {1:^80 {(k^BC:c)(s=9)}

 [-2FE(^87^29B5)(^C6^3242)(^8D=0)(^C3=766)(^8E=0)(^89^29B8)(^83^1EB8)
   (^C4=0)(^84^221A)(^B8=0)(^8A^29B8)(^B9=2fe)]}

[1:^82(^BB=2fe)] @$$}38C9}@

@$${38CB{@

<(3247=2ff)(3245=47f2b304-8d35-43ad-ae1a-a5cf80e81cc2)(3246=767)> {1:^80 {(k^BC:c)(s=9)}

 [-2FF(^87^1C74)(^C6^3245)(^8D=0)(^C3=767)(^8E=0)(^89^1C76)(^83^1C77)
   (^C4=0)(^84^1C78)(^B8=0)(^8A^1C76)(^B9=2ff)]}

[1:^82(^BB=2ff)] @$$}38CB}@

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When I open mab files they look OK. here is the beginning of history.mab // < <(a=c)> // (f=iso-8859-1)

 (B8=LastModifiedDate)(B9=RecordKey)(BA=AddrCharSet)(BB=LastRecordKey)
 (BC=ns:addrbk:db:table:kind:pab)(BD=ListName)(BE=ListNickName)
 (BF=ListDescription)(C0=ListTotalAddresses)(C1=LowercaseListName)
 (C2=ns:addrbk:db:table:kind:deleted)(C3=DbRowID)(C4=PreferDisplayName)
 (C5=_GoogleTalk)(C6=UID)(80=ns:addrbk:db:row:scope:card:all)
 (81=ns:addrbk:db:row:scope:list:all)
 (82=ns:addrbk:db:row:scope:data:all)(83=FirstName)(84=LastName)
 (85=PhoneticFirstName)(86=PhoneticLastName)(87=DisplayName)
 (88=NickName)(89=PrimaryEmail)(8A=LowercasePrimaryEmail)
 (8B=SecondEmail)(8C=LowercaseSecondEmail)(8D=PreferMailFormat)
 (8E=PopularityIndex)(8F=WorkPhone)(90=HomePhone)(91=FaxNumber)
 (92=PagerNumber)(93=CellularNumber)(94=WorkPhoneType)(95=HomePhoneType)
 (96=FaxNumberType)(97=PagerNumberType)(98=CellularNumberType)
 (99=HomeAddress)(9A=HomeAddress2)(9B=HomeCity)(9C=HomeState)
 (9D=HomeZipCode)(9E=HomeCountry)(9F=WorkAddress)(A0=WorkAddress2)
 (A1=WorkCity)(A2=WorkState)(A3=WorkZipCode)(A4=WorkCountry)
 (A5=JobTitle)(A6=Department)(A7=Company)(A8=_AimScreenName)
 (A9=AnniversaryYear)(AA=AnniversaryMonth)(AB=AnniversaryDay)
 (AC=SpouseName)(AD=FamilyName)(AE=WebPage1)(AF=WebPage2)(B0=BirthYear)
 (B1=BirthMonth)(B2=BirthDay)(B3=Custom1)(B4=Custom2)(B5=Custom3)
 (B6=Custom4)(B7=Notes)>

<(3030=2e3)(81=)(80=0)(82=1)(CB=14)(83=x@x.x)(2C43=1576961646)

 (1CB9=a14fa7b6-7f86-4d89-a739-6800099abc9e)(8F=2)(91=3)(90
   =x@x.x)(7BA=1498581595)(1CBA
   =1725688e-8951-47c0-83fc-b61868c54bd7)(66A=vladimir rajovic)(D0=15)
 (92=x@x.com)(93=vladimir.rajovic)(2BC0=1574859472)
 (66B=vladimir)(66C=rajovic)(1CB8=c1de6956-d809-4d79-bc92-d829377cb3f2)
 (95=Aleksandra Zekic)(96=4)(157=36)(97=x@x.com)
 (98=Aleksandra)(99=Zekic)(9A=z.aleksandra)(20E0=1549480531)(1CE7
   =fb8536e0-e575-4de8-ba0e-f94ecce06734)(9F=5)(A5=z@yahoo.com)
 (A6=1483612669)(1CE8=1cbf78c9-7e51-4c24-b9e5-0c81d0ec0749)(8D=6)(A7
   =z@yahoo.com)(C2=1483810666)(1CE9
   =26868c7e-4ad8-499a-a698-77a230c4bcda)(A8=lz150039d)(A2=7)(A9
   =z@z.rs)(1CEA=99d1e991-a55b-4de8-80d0-1c948406efea)
 (AB=xx)(AC=8)(AD=xx@x.x.x)(1CEB
   =4da9caf3-9307-489f-a812-5aeb828ccb90)(AE
   =$D0$A1$D1$80$D0$BF$D1$81$D0$BA$D0$B8 $D0$94$D0$9D$D0$9A $D0$BF$D1$80$D0$BE\

$D1$98$D0$B5$D0$BA$D0$B0$D1$82)(AF=9)(B0=$D0$A1$D1$80$D0$BF$D1$81$D0$BA$D0$B8 \ $D0$94$D0$9D$D0$9A)(B1=$D0$BF$D1$80$D0$BE$D1$

And here is its end @$${38C8{@

<(3241=2fd)(323F=52c31f9e-a96b-4c1f-9c50-a6c75184e6e7)(3240=765)> {1:^80 {(k^BC:c)(s=9)}

 [-2FD(^87^2D85)(^C6^323F)(^8D=0)(^C3=765)(^C5^2D88)(^8E=0)(^89^2D89)
   (^83^656)(^C4=0)(^84^2D8A)(^B8=0)(^8A^2D89)(^B9=2fd)]}

[1:^82(^BB=2fd)] @$$}38C8}@

@$${38C9{@

<(3244=2fe)(3242=49ca7e6b-522a-4a0d-b47f-b0dda5965439)(3243=766)> {1:^80 {(k^BC:c)(s=9)}

 [-2FE(^87^29B5)(^C6^3242)(^8D=0)(^C3=766)(^8E=0)(^89^29B8)(^83^1EB8)
   (^C4=0)(^84^221A)(^B8=0)(^8A^29B8)(^B9=2fe)]}

[1:^82(^BB=2fe)] @$$}38C9}@

@$${38CB{@

<(3247=2ff)(3245=47f2b304-8d35-43ad-ae1a-a5cf80e81cc2)(3246=767)> {1:^80 {(k^BC:c)(s=9)}

 [-2FF(^87^1C74)(^C6^3245)(^8D=0)(^C3=767)(^8E=0)(^89^1C76)(^83^1C77)
   (^C4=0)(^84^1C78)(^B8=0)(^8A^1C76)(^B9=2ff)]}

[1:^82(^BB=2ff)] @$$}38CB}@

It is somewhat cryptc, but I believe it should be like that