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After running an update, when launching Thunderbird it says "Your computer must be restarted to complete a previous upgrade of Thunderbird. Do you want to reboot now?". Rebooting does nothing, I'm prompted with the same message. Tried re-installing the latest version - it gives me the same error message before re-installying, and also un-installing the version I have on my PC - it also prompts me to restart to finish the earlier upgrade.

The user who found she could not run the new version was the user who installed the update. She returned to the previous version (which runs OK). As before the update, server access was via Pop. However her Sent and Local Folders did not appear at all on return to the earlier version and her Inbox now contained only a few recent emails from this year and emails from several earlier years was missing. She set up a second account using Imap in order to be able to retrieve all her incoming mail from the Virgin server but is still without sent mail and her local folders.

Is there any way to retrieve the missing data and to combine the IMap and Pop accounts into one?

Ich habe ein Update von meinem Tunderbird Konto gemacht. Meine Software ist Windows 10. nun habe ich keineUnterlagen mehr. Was soll ich tun. bitte um Hilfe. Bin bereits82 Jahre alt und habe keine Hilfe.

Hi, I will just open with a notice to Mozilla - I would happily donate to your work IF..... There are a number of irritating features I encounter using Thunderbird but one of the most infuriating is that when updating, any message tabs that were previously open disappear - when surely it must be possible to locate these in a straightforward data file somewhere - ready to populate automatically or even manually would be appreciated? At least, Firefox, after a bit of searching does keep a list of history..... but who wants to open ALL tabs in any period of history regardless of whether they were open when the update occurred.

Colours of anything and everything could be varied to speed up and simplify use? Server settings are all over the place... taking longer to enter/locate and edit than they ever should..... seeing a list of every setting inside a postage-stamp box without being able to even see much of it - after all these years surely you can over-rule Microsoft? Avoid kowtowing to monopolies!

I must get on with proper work so will stop moaning now... but my first line stands - get things professional and smoother with greatly increased options and I'll (probably like many others) be keen to give financial support!

Warmest wishes, Tom

I've been afraid to upgrade T-bird since 102 because last time, it changed the look and feel of my program. Honestly, I had a devil of a time getting panes reconfigured back to looking how I had it. After that, I turned off updating.

If it matters, I've got Classic view enabled (along with folder and message panes).

So to my question, if I update, will everything stay the same. Honestly, if it's going to change again, then I may stick with what's working. A friend is suggesting Betterbird, but I may just bite bullet and go to Gmail.

Does what I am asking make sense? I just don't want the layout to change based on what someone – who isn't me – thinks is better because I 'like' how I have it configured.

Many thanks!

So, updated from 147.x to 148.0 this morning 9Win 11 Pro), and didn't take me long to realize that the upgrade nukes Google calendaring using Provider. With 148, if I look at the calendar, 100% of the entires are 'missing'.

If I (i) unsubscribe from the calendars, (ii) uninstall Google Provider, (iii) re0install Provider and re-authenticate, (iv) re-subscribe, then calendar entries are shown.

But...if I turn off TB, and turn it back on again, calendar entries disappear.

Note this is only an issue with 148.0. On my other machines (which largely run 140.x), not a problem.

I think the last Thunderbird has broken my ability to send reports from QuickBooks to Thunderbird. It has worked wonderfully for years and now I cannot send anymore. I have QB 2024 Enterprise. Does anyone have a fix for this? I have made sure Thunderbird is the default app in both Thunderbird and Windows. I have not upgraded my windows 10 to windows 11. I hope that is not the problem.

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Artifacts have appeared within the program. Everything works fine in other programs.

This appeared after the last update. Judging by the picture, it's possible some of your icons are broken.

Please fix this. I can't use the program now.

Every 2 or 3 days, Thunderbird tells me it needs to be updated. I run the update but halfway through it stops and tells me that I have a newer version on my PC. Why can it not recognise that I am up to date?

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

Every since updating to Thunderbird 147.0.1, I have noticed that every time I start Thunderbird, it creates a directory called "Thunderbird" in my home directory! This didn't happen before the update and I have a '.thunderbird' directory in my home already! I had a search in the settings for the term "directory" but did not find anything that seemed related. But it seems to be caused by some new setting that has become activated with the update.

I am on an Arch GNU/Linux operating system, if any further information is necessary to help debug this, please let me know. Thanks a lot in advance :-).

Dear helpers,

I want to upgrade the hardware of a friend - and so I moved the homedir of the user to the new system, as I have done every time before in my life. But in this special case Thunderbird will not start with the used profile.

Thunderbird generally starts with e.g. the -P switch. But it will not start the default profile of the user. I tried to go this way concerning the versions 115 -> 128 -> 140 without success. I deleted all lock files, if there were any. I spent a lot of time with e.g. copilot - but it could not help me. I'm at a loss.

Is there any documentation with a kind of step-by-step instructions? Can you give me a hint, please?

Here are the details:

Source: linux mint 20.2 uma Thunderbird 115.18.0esr 11th of december 2024

Destination: linux mint 22.3 zena Thunderbird 140.7.0esr

Thank you in advance for your help.

Many months ago I reported this error/bug but it remains unresolved, even though it was supposedly progressed to Mozilla.

I have a desktop PC & a laptop. The problem only occurs on the laptop. I am running T/bird on ESR channel on both machines.

On the laptop, even though the settings are not to update automatically it does, reverting to the release channel. This displays the following bug!

Instead of a "Junk" and a "Spam" fold I get 2 "Spam" folders, but a closer look shows the paths as being correct, what you would expect. The folder will not rename.

Reinstalling the ESR version restores the correct folder names - UNTIL THE NEXT TIME THE PROGRAM AUTO-UPDATES when it shouldn't!

I have Thunderbird installed on a Surface Pro running Windows10 and on a Surface Pro running Linux Fedora. When I use the Windows10 computer to prepare a Thunderbird export file for the profile, the Fedora machine Thuderbird import command will not read it.

The Windows10 machine has Thunderbird 147 and the Fedora machine has 146. Is the difference in version responsible for the failure to import the profile files? Or is it something else?

If the difference is the version of Thunderbird, then how do I get 147 on my Fedora machine?

If it is something else, what do I do so that I do not lose saved emails and calendar data from 147 version when I am running the 146 version?