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to 31.0. Now when I open an e-mail and read it, then want to return to the Inbox, I now need to click on the List Tabs

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Recently upgraded my four PCs running Win 7 professional from Thunderbird 24.6 to 31.0. Now when I open an e-mail and read it, then want to return to the Inbox, I now need to click on the List Tabs at the top right side of the screen, then click on Inbox it means an extra step and extra Mouse movement. How can I correct that? If not, how do I revert back to my previous version of Thunderbird? George G. (USN-USAF RET) Much obliged for your time and effort.

Recently upgraded my four PCs running Win 7 professional from Thunderbird 24.6 to 31.0. Now when I open an e-mail and read it, then want to return to the Inbox, I now need to click on the List Tabs at the top right side of the screen, then click on Inbox it means an extra step and extra Mouse movement. How can I correct that? If not, how do I revert back to my previous version of Thunderbird? George G. (USN-USAF RET) Much obliged for your time and effort.

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Zenos
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Do you not close a tab after using it? If you close them, they can't accumulate.

I haven't seen any change in TB3.1 in the way tabs work here.

Older versions are available here:

https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/

Choose your version, then your OS (win32 in your case) then your locale (en-us I would think). Finally, when presented with something like Thunderbird Setup 24.6.0.exe, right-click it and choose "save link as", then after it has downloaded, double-click the downloaded file to run it and install Thunderbird.

You don't need to uninstall your newer version. Some add-ons may require help to locate their previous versions, compatible with what you've downloaded and installed; Lightning in particular comes to mind.