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Need help editing personal dictionay in Thunderbird

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Patti
Patti

I need help editing the personal dictionary in Thunderbird. Tonight I accidentally told it to save a misspelled word. I clicked on edit in the window, and it brought up my dictionary, but it was way longer than my screen, and I could find no scroll bar. It also would not let me move the dictionary window! Can anyone help me overcome this so I can delete the incorrect word?

Thanks!

I need help editing the personal dictionary in Thunderbird. Tonight I accidentally told it to save a misspelled word. I clicked on edit in the window, and it brought up my dictionary, but it was way longer than my screen, and I could find no scroll bar. It also would not let me move the dictionary window! Can anyone help me overcome this so I can delete the incorrect word? Thanks!

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sfhowes
sfhowes

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The persdict.dat file in the profile folder can be edited with a text editor. Help/Troubleshooting Info, Profile Folder, Open Folder, close TB, edit the file.

Patti
Patti Question owner

Hi sfhowes! I foll0wed your instructions, but there is no persdict.dat folder. Here is what I get after I open the file - see attached screenshot.

Patti
Patti Question owner

Hi again - I found it! Thanks so much for your help!