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Missing option to show remote content for a single message

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sedation_fame329

I have 'Allow remote content in messages' turned off.

When viewing a message with remote content, I see the bar "To protect your privacy, Thunderbird has blocked remote content in this message", however the 'Preferences' dropdown described in Remote Content in Messages does not exist...

I want to show remote content for a single message, but this seems impossible!

What am I doing wrong?

I have 'Allow remote content in messages' turned off. When viewing a message with remote content, I see the bar "To protect your privacy, Thunderbird has blocked remote content in this message", however the 'Preferences' dropdown described in [[Remote Content in Messages]] does not exist... I want to show remote content for a single message, but this seems impossible! What am I doing wrong?
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In this case, you'd be looking for an "Options" button, not "Preferences"... but you're missing that one, too! What happens when you restart Thunderbird in Troubleshooting Mode (see menu option <Help | Troubleshooting Mode>)? This will, among other things, temporarily disable all add-ons in case one of them is misbehaving.

The help article Remote Content in Messages describes and shows a screenshot of a "Preferences" button not an "Options" button, but yes I am missing any button at all.

I restart in Troubleshooting Mode (without ticking the boxes to make the changes permanent), but I still don't see any button/drop-down in the 'To protect your privacy...' banner. I still see the same thing as the first screenshot I uploaded.

I have tried re-installing Thunderbird but this has not helped.

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