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can't stop e-mails opening

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I was deleting large quantities of e-mails to free up space. I'd highlighted over 600. Thunderbird asked if I was sure I wanted to select them all, I said yes. I'd intended to then hit delete.

Unfortunately, Thunderbird decided to try to open all the e-mails, in separate tabs. Of course, it can't.

Big problem is I can't stop it from trying. I have let it crash and selected "re-open", let it crash and selected "quit", tried to x-out the e-mail tabs while it is working (it won't let me), I have x'd out of Thunderbird myself, and restarted my PC.

And, still, when I try to start Thunderbird, it opens and immediately starts trying to open all those tabs again.

Please tell me how to make it stop! I made one bad click ...

I was deleting large quantities of e-mails to free up space. I'd highlighted over 600. Thunderbird asked if I was sure I wanted to select them all, I said yes. I'd intended to then hit delete. Unfortunately, Thunderbird decided to try to open all the e-mails, in separate tabs. Of course, it can't. Big problem is I can't stop it from trying. I have let it crash and selected "re-open", let it crash and selected "quit", tried to x-out the e-mail tabs while it is working (it won't let me), I have x'd out of Thunderbird myself, and restarted my PC. And, still, when I try to start Thunderbird, it opens and immediately starts trying to open all those tabs again. Please tell me how to make it stop! I made one bad click ...

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Stans
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Open your profile folder, Quit Thunderbird then delete the session.json file from the profile folder. This file is where information about opened tabs is stored, so that they can reopen when Thunderbird starts, so delete it so that Thunderbird "forgets" about those many tabs you accidentally opened. For more information about your Thunderbird profile, see Profiles - Where Thunderbird stores your messages and other user data

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