I had Thunderbird suddenly quit responding last night. None of my past emails or menus or panels showed or anything. Just everything gray. I tried reloading, looking at… (read more)
I had Thunderbird suddenly quit responding last night. None of my past emails or menus or panels showed or anything. Just everything gray. I tried reloading, looking at settings, etc., and finally ended up uninstalling and reinstalling. That brought my email back, and my old emails, but no address book contents. I finally got the address book loading screens, and when I loaded in the Collected address book using the automatic import feature, I got 8800 gobbledygook meaningless entries. I can't find a legit profile folder for any legible addresses, so I am going to simply re-create my 50 or so addresses, but I need to get rid of 8800+ garbage address book entries.
HOWEVER, these 8800 meaningless, mostly empty, addresses are clogging up my Collected Addresses, and I have tried Mozilla's advice, Windows 10's advice, etc. through several means, to EMPTY this address file. It's the same old problem of nothing works, or the instructions are invalid for the latest version ( just like Windows 10 ! ). I am surely not going to hand-delete 8800 bad addresses ! Is there no straightforward way to EMPTY an entire address folder ? It does not seem so. I have even tried all the "You should be able to ..." suggestions online. I am stuck. I understand I cannot delete the folder proper; I just want to clear it out. Thanks for any help.
Bryan Glett
Bellefontaine, OH
sbglett@embarqmail.com OR Aussage55@gmail.com
contributing user