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• Restore profile folders from old profile

  I am unsure whether my issue directly relates to this question and response. My profile seems to have changed or corrupted - probably when I was compelled to update Import/Export …

• Why suddenly can I no longer copy emails directly from Thunderbird to Windows Live Mail ?

  Further to my question: I tried removing Import Export Tools NG add-on but it made no difference. I still cannot copy or drag from Thunderbird directly to WLM. In case it provid…

• Thunderbird has become very slow to connect to my gmail account mailboxes

  No Options/Preferences is not in Settings nor Tools-Settings nor Tools (nor anywhere in any menu)

• Thunderbird has become very slow to connect to my gmail account mailboxes

  After about a week things reverted to normal regarding speed of opening gmail mailboxes. I still can't find Options / Preferences within Tools Menu

• Thunderbird has become very slow to connect to my gmail account mailboxes

  This morning Thunderbird updated to 102.15.1 (32 bit). I don't know what it was the previous 2 days since I had the issue start. Nothing had been added to or altered in Thunderbir…

• Thunderbird: attachments not opening (No yellow accept permission bar) since update

  It is still the case that if I "Open" to view any attachments (except pdf) on my thousands of emails saved in Thunderbird Local Folders a PID folder is being created in AppData-Lo…

• Thunderbird: attachments not opening (No yellow accept permission bar) since update

  To Toad Hall: Further to this issue: I have now downloaded Thunderbird 91.5.1 onto a friend's computer (and set to 'Check for updates but let me choose whether to install them'…

• Thunderbird: attachments not opening (No yellow accept permission bar) since update

  Thank you What you describe is happening to you is the same as is happening to me (and other folk I've checked with). The pid-xxxx folders do indeed contain copies of the op…

• Thunderbird: attachments not opening (No yellow accept permission bar) since update

  The biggest problem with this situation overall is that opening attachments to '''view''' them creates a pid-xxxx FOLDER. These pid-xxxx FOLDERS do not now ever autodelete from C…

• Thunderbird: attachments not opening (No yellow accept permission bar) since update

  I posted a long reply to Toad Hall's post of 0450 today. Then it lost its images. Then I did a new post with just the images. Then I tried to edit my long reply (to which the ima…

• Thunderbird & gmail

  The images I uploaded into Q1376172 have appeared here. How do I remove from this question whilst leaving in 1376172 (where they had disappeared & I have just re-added) ?

• Thunderbird: attachments not opening (No yellow accept permission bar) since update

  Please can you tell me why I'm getting my images attached to the wrong messages. The images I uploaded to this question 1376172 appeared in question 1375983. So I removed from 1…

• Thunderbird & gmail

  Thanks for your post. Oh dear - as usual I have not expressed myself in the correct manner to be understood by those who are experts in these technical matters. What Google …

• Thunderbird: attachments not opening (No yellow accept permission bar) since update

  It is simply untrue that my ''"problem is not caused by Thunderbird"''. It '''IS''' caused by something within Thunderbird It is not an issue with Microsoft Office. Thi…

• Thunderbird: attachments not opening (No yellow accept permission bar) since update

  Further to previous post: ''This problem does not happen with attachments sent or received using Windows Live Mail so why is it happening on Thunderbird ?'' I have also now …

• Thunderbird: attachments not opening (No yellow accept permission bar) since update

  Thank you for your further response Yes I realise the "Remote Content" is a different matter. I just thought perhaps I should clarify that I might have already allowed remote …

• Thunderbird & Excel/Word

  Very sorry. I realised I hadn't been clear & hadn't put it under the right category. I couldn't work out how to delete the question so I rewrote it with a slightly different nam…

• Thunderbird: attachments not opening (No yellow accept permission bar) since update

  Thank you for your response. Yes I am clicking the attachment and then clicking on the "What should Thunderbird do with this file? Open with Microsoft Excel" (or Microsoft Word…

• Thunderbird & gmail

  Thank you for this clear explanation. The laptop on which I need to deal with this now is not mine. * I already dealt with mine (Windows 7 on which I had always used Windo…

• Thunderbird & gmail

  Thank you for your response. 2-step verification for gmail will become compulsory on 30 May 2022. Normal password authentication will cease at that point so Oauth2 will be nee…

• Thunderbird profiles

  Thank you for your explanations in your last two replies. After a lot of thinking through I got the hang of answer one. I will try & store the answer describing the method saf…

• Thunderbird profiles

  Thank you for your further response. I expressed my option c badly. What I meant was what you have clarified: paste all the contents of .default-release into (the newly create…

• Thunderbird & gmail

  Thank you for your further response. I'm sorry but I don't really understand part of what you have said. I am dealing with this change on laptops (not a phone). But perhaps…

• Thunderbird profiles

  Thank you so much for your help. This is much appreciated. So option c is correct. On the laptop which has the two profiles should I leave the <8 character name string>.def…

• Thunderbird & gmail

  Thank you for your response & help which I appreciate. I have seen that Google themselves still have notification that they will not allow Oauth2 authorisation on POP3 accounts…

• Firefox Updates (MozillaBackgroundTask) filling my user temp file Windows 7

  I realise there is not really a size issue although over the course of time these build up. The point is that they don't autodelete on my Windows 7 although I presume they are doi…