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I uninstalled thunderbird and when I try to reinstall it I get a "cannot find temp archive" message.

I've installed thunderbird for another user on the same computer and had no trouble.

Can anyone help me? Thanks so much.

I'm trying to reduce size of TB Profile folder (2.45GB) I observe that my TB Profile, Imap.Mail folder contains two folders for Yahoo.com, one of which I suspect is unnecessary.

- imap.mail.yahoo.com 27 MB

- imap.mail.yahoo-1.com 2.29 GB. This folder has the more recent "Date Modified" date.

Please see screenshot. No problems with TB operations.

Can one of these be deleted? Which one? How? (i.e., any re-naming involved?)

Thank You

Roger

Last week my TB stopped working all of a sudden, wasn't doing anything, no errors messages at all. I reinstalled it and it picked right up where it left off. Now today, I come in and again it won't work, but now it says it is because of my profile being for an older version.

How did my profile get updated to a newer version and since I just updated my TB to the latest version, why isn't it working now?? I tried to go back to the version from last week and it still doesn't work, but it also doesn't work with the newest version. I really need my profile to work and I'm really upset about this. Can anyone help?

Dear All,

I think that is a compability problem of Citadel with Thunderbird email client.

After several steps to try to solve the problem I found that Citadel is not compatible with the last version of Thunderbird.

I tried Linux (Centos 9) and Windows Thunderbird. I tried my affiliation network and with my mobile hotspot.

I can send emails with my Android email client.

I am thinking to make a downgrade of Thunderbird. I have there all my emails from always.

But first I have to backup everything of Thunderbird. Time consuming task.

Some help is needed.

Luis Gonçalves

I would like to back up my Address Books using the file extension. It used to be .mab or .sqlite, but in the version I am running (128.5.0esr) I can't figure it out. I assume it is still in the Profile directory someplace ? Thanks

Moving Thunderbird from an old laptop (W10) to a new laptop (W11). Doing this for a non-computer-literate friend. Old laptop (bought in 2016) is now running W10 but I assume it was originally W7 and upgraded at some point (by me).

I followed Moving Thunderbird data to a new computer which seemed straightforward. However when I copied the Profile across and restarted Thunderbird there was no data to be seen. I tried again just to be sure, including uninstalling and reinstalling Thunderbird. Still no joy. [There are support threads about this but they seem to be archived so I can't update them.]

Onwards and upwards. I tried the "export to zip file" option. This had a mild warning that if the Profile was more than 3GB it might (!) be better to back up instead. [Noting that I had already tried this and failed - see above.]

It produced the ZIP file eventually, at an impressive 15.8GB. I then tried to restore from it, but the Restore option refused to find it, showing a comment that the file must be not larger than 2GB. I refer the reader back to the note on the Export option.

I then noted that you could Import from another Profile. I had one of those saved from my first attempts to copy Profile -> Profile. So I tried this option and it worked.

I think my issue was that the old version of Thunderbird was 32 bit and the new version was 64 bit. In which case the document linked to above could do with an update to warn about moving from 32 bit to 64 bit and include the method that worked. [Subject to more testing by others to confirm the solution works reliably.]

The Export dialogue could also do with a much more specific warning, to align with the Import dialogue.

This is a brief summary of a very long day because shifting 15.8GB of data around between computers and in and out as well is incredibly tedious! :-( Noting that the ZIP file and the Thunderbird directory tree with the Profile in are both the same size.

I downloaded Thunderbird, set it up with 3 email accounts played around with it all afternoon, closed it then when I try and open it back up it's like it's not there at all. It takes me back the the 'thanks for downloading page and opens the bit for me to set up a new email. There are no folders there at all. All I can do is start afresh and enter the email addresses again. This can't be right???....

The situation is the following. I had the Geek Squad from Best Buy upgrade my Hp Envy laptop internal storage from 512 GB to 2 TBs Oct 29-31, 2024. I use Thunderbird and have done so for at least 19 yrs. I was told that I would need to download all the application programs again after the upgrade , but that all my data would be stored on the download they did from my internal storage to the new storage. I successfully reinstalled the Thunderbird Program. However I am missing all my contacts in my address books except for 24 names and addresses. I truthfully don't know how many I had in each address book but as I said I have been using this program for 19yrs. So it was in the hundreds. The Geek Squad member tried to fix this but was unable to locate the correct file that the address contacts might be located, I think he tried a mab file. They said that since it was a third party app that I should try Thunderbird Support. Have I lost all my addresses or is there a way to search for them using my new internal storage?. Since this is an HP laptop with a Microsoft 11, it has OneDrive so I am sure that there is a complication in finding the file once I know the type of file I need to be looking for. Thanks for any advice you can give on this matter.

Madeleine Mitchell,

I don't understand the problem. My accessing Firefox has become limited. I received a note to Upgrad to windows 11... I hae already upgraded. What must I do too have it recognised?

I'm trying to link a Gmail calendar. It started to work initially, then something went wrong and I had to start again. This time, in the Create New Calendar window, it says "The credentials you have entered were not accepted. Please check your settings."

I know the credentials are correct. I've tested them separately. The failed attempt may have left some junk behind. Is there some way to clear it? Thunderbird is up to date, version 1284.0esr (64 bit) on Win 10.

Thanks, Bill

Thunderbird just auto updated and will not open. Crash report opens as the program crashes. I didnt realize it had updated until checking files. Do I need to reinstall revert back to the old ver. Please advise. Thanks

I converted as advised and then updated to the newest version. I lost everything except the messages: the Address Book, Tags, Message Filters, and Folders are all gone. This is a disaster after 15+ years with Thunderbird. It started when I copied the folder "profiles" from my laptop to my PC for the 1,000th time. Is there a simple step-by-step solution? Without the history or apologies etc. etc? Just "do this?" My solution now is to do all my email on my laptop. Ugh!

I am not sure what to do first. I already paid for the VPN subscription. I reinstalled Mozzilla VPN but have not yet put the sudo lines in that are listed in the help on Firefox. Can you send me an email with instructions and any special sudo lines I need to intall so I do not get charged a second time. I heve the recovery code. I am new to Mint. Windows 11 started knocking out my hardware with power surges. Had to come from the operating system itself since the machine is hooked to a power backup that smoothes the current out. Converted everything to Linux. Like it. Life can be cruel... LOL Thanks so much for the effort. [edited] landline, but best bet is email. [edited phone# and email from community support forum]

I am having difficulty downloading a profile for TB in Windows 11. A Google search indicates that Mozilla may have given up on TB in 2014. The natural question is whether Windows 11 supports TB?

I was automatically updated to 128.2.3esr (64-bit) and immediately I have lost the ability to create new subfolders in any part of my folder tree or on any of the accounts I use. Rt-click -> New Subfolder has always opened a little dialog box to name the new folder. Now nothing happens. I have seen a similar user issue reported, but the answer was long and incomprehensible and seemed purely to relate to spam boxes and certain user account types . The issue is still not marked as resolved and is a real pain. Is there a simple way to roll back to the last version while you figure it out?

Best Regards

Peter Rose

I hope I’ve chosen the correct category. I believe this qualifies as a bug following the recent update.

When I opened Thunderbird today, it notified me about the update. While Thunderbird successfully fetches new emails, it fails to display them correctly.

As shown in the screenshot, the area where the email content should appear is completely white. Additionally, it incorrectly displays an attachment from an old email that has nothing to do with today’s email (10:13), aside from the fact that both were sent to me.

When I click on other emails in the same inbox, the content area doesn’t change—it remains blank. However, if I switch to a different inbox, everything works fine.

I’ve also double-checked using my phone’s mail app, and I’m able to open the email in that inbox without any issues.

I’m unsure how to fix this. Could someone more knowledgeable help me out?