Although Thunderbird will run on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) or above, the latest installers for Thunderbird require Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3) or Windows Vista with update KB2763674. To work around this issue, a two-step process is necessary to install the latest version of Thunderbird. Windows XP and Vista users should follow these steps:
- Download and install Thunderbird up to version 38.5.0 (link to download).
- After installing this version you can use the Thunderbird updater to install the latest version of Thunderbird. See the article Updating Thunderbird for details.
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On Windows XP SP3 or up-to-date Vista operating systems, you can download the full installer for the latest version of Thunderbird from https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/
For example, to download the Thunderbird 38.6.0 Windows English (US) full installer, navigate to /38.6.0/win32/en-US/ and choose the file Thunderbird Setup 38.6.0.exe.
Before downloading, read the System Requirements and see the Release Notes for information about the latest Thunderbird release.
