Email List Columns Changing Widths on Thunderbird re-Opening
I'm running Thunderbird 140.5.0esr (32-bit) on Windows 10 Pro Build 19045. After the last few updates the columns in the email listings are changing widths from what I've set them, this seems to happen after I close then reopen Thunderbird; which I'm having to do more often these days to resolve weird calendar malfunctions. For instance, the data column would appear so narrow that only the month/day show with "..." at the end, when I know I've looked at this yesterday with the full view of the date and time showing. I've reviewed my options and I've set them individually, set them globally and it makes no difference. Of course I've rebooted, etc. I have over a hundred local folders and they all change differently, of course some look the same but others don't. Most have the same column headings selected but it doesn't seem to matter. Some have the "Correspondents" column selected but many don't.
This is very irritating and I'd like to know why Thunderbird is doing this, and more importantly, how can I prevent this behavior in the future. Thanks,
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This usually means something is interfering with Thunderbird's update of settings at shutdown. This might be an antivirus product or other firewall issue. This can often be verified by clicking help>troubleshootinginformation, scroll to 'profile folder' and click 'open folder.' the settings file is named prefs.js. If you see more than one, such as prefs-1.js, prefs-2.js, that is an indication of the problem. This occasionally happens when prefs.js is marked read-only. I do not know the solution for your particular situation. This may not be your problem, but it does show the same symptoms.
I looked in my profile and noticed that there were three (3) extra "prefs-{n}.js" files. I deleted them, because they all had much older "Date Modified" dates in Windows than the "prefs.js" file whose date was today, then closed Thunderbird. I reopened Thunderbird and looked at my IMAP inbox email listing and it had changed. My column headings are: Thread, Starred, Attachments (very narrow), Subject (wide), Read Status (very narrow), From (not quite as wide as subject), Spam (very narrow), Date (wide enough to display date and time), and size (wide enough to display size). I sized them the way I wanted then applied them to some of my local folders. I'll readjust the columns, assign them to other folders and see how that works.
Thanks for your help.
Bill
David, the thread pane column widths are not stored in the prefs.js file but in the xulstore.json file (image)
Mapenzi, THANK YOU. I know little about the json files. I appreciate your sharing this.
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