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Before I upgraded to Fedora 37 Thunderbird worked fine. Now I cannot open any attachments. When I go to open an attachment I get two options, "system handler" or other. System Handler does nothing, other gives two selection neither of which work. Why is this happening and how can I fix it. Thanks. Thunderbird version: 102.6.0 (64 bit). Thanks.

Before I upgraded to Fedora 37 Thunderbird worked fine. Now I cannot open any attachments. When I go to open an attachment I get two options, "system handler" or other. System Handler does nothing, other gives two selection neither of which work. Why is this happening and how can I fix it. Thanks. Thunderbird version: 102.6.0 (64 bit). Thanks.

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Toad-Hall
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I use Windows OS, but it sounds like you have installed a flatpak version of Thunderbird.

The issues you mention have been raised at the following link with some helpful comments :

This may be because TB has been sandboxed and there may be permission issues. Apparently, flatseal is a good GUI for adjusting flatpak app settings/permissions

Flatseal documentation:

https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/tc31hh/thunderbird_not_using_default_apps_to_open/i0cz909/?context=8&depth=9

Have you considered not using a flatpak version of Thunderbird?

Link to official website where you can get downloads for Linux OS. https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/all/

Installation of Thunderbird on Linux. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/installing-thunderbird-linux

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