Solutions For "Could not initialize the application's security component..." NOT Working
When opening today Thunderbird the following message appeared: "Could not initialize the application's security component"
My computer has over 80Gb free space I deleted Cert8 and restarted, that did not fix the issue I ensured that the 'Read Only' option for Cert8 is unchecked, still the problem remained I uninstalled Thunderbird and reloaded, that did not help either.
Could be a corrupted Cert8, well I do not wish to risk losing valuable non-Thunderbird data by creating a new profile (the only other suggested solution)
Please can someone get me out of this mess, as I'm unable to access my emails.
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Thanks for your suggestion, it was really helpful, soon as I located that 'Profile' folder and deleted the Cert8 file (with Firefox closed) then opened Thunderbird my account seems to run fine. It's really good of you to help :)
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Delete the cert8.db file in the Thunderbird profile folder.
This will remove all intermediate certificates that Thunderbird has stored.
Info on profile here:
Make sure Thunderbird is closed before deleting the cert8.db file.
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Thanks for your suggestion, it was really helpful, soon as I located that 'Profile' folder and deleted the Cert8 file (with Firefox closed) then opened Thunderbird my account seems to run fine. It's really good of you to help :)
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