Thunderbird does no longer automatically update
In the past thunderbird recognised new versions and updated mostly automatically (potentially asking for approval). Since few weeks (I think since thunderbird 10x is running on my computer) I only get the message that Thunderbird was unable to update and that I shall download the newest version. While that is clearly a possibility it is also a bit more cumbersome to do, so I am wondering what might have gone wrong / what might have changed and - more importantly - what needs to be changed to return to the old behavior. Thank you Ronald
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What antivirus do you use. I am sure I saw reports on one of them causing this.
AVAst, most current version - whereby did not cause an issue with earlier versions of Thunderbird
I have seen this for quite awhile and trying to resolve this. What I have observed is Thunderbird can not download and start the update when the user is logged on as a Standard user. If the user is logged on as an administrator, then the automatic process can proceed.
If you start TB and select the Help > About Thunderbird, when logged in as Std User, the message says: Download the latest version. When logged in as an administrator, TB is able to update from the Help > About Thunderbird pop-up.
I would welcome if anyone has an additional scenario that explains this.
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