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How do I stop Thunderbird from crashing?

Posted on by Arif Clayton

How do I stop Thunderbird from crashing?

Reinstalling Thunderbird is one of the most certain ways to fix problems, but creating a new profile or weeding out conflicting add-ons can also help.

  1. Reinstall Thunderbird.
  2. Create a New Profile.
  3. Check for Security Conflicts.
  4. Further Troubleshooting.

How do I fix Thunderbird problems?

  1. Update Thunderbird. Run Thunderbird.
  2. Run Thunderbird from Safe Mode. Open the Settings app.
  3. Disable Thunderbird add-ons. Press and hold Shift on your keyboard and run Thunderbird.
  4. Reinstall Thunderbird.
  5. Make sure that your email account is properly configured.
  6. Rebuild Global Database.
  7. Check your antivirus.

What is happening with Thunderbird?

Is Thunderbird discontinued? Mozilla decided to hand off Thunderbird to the community back in 2014. Though the email windows client is still supported by Mozilla Foundation, it may be a good opportunity to move on to new email clients, such as Mailbird or another top alternative.

How do I restore Thunderbird?

If you had deleted a folder containing emails or a whole account, follow the steps below to recover the deleted data:

  1. Close Mozilla Thunderbird and launch Recovery Tool.
  2. Click on the “HDD” tab, select the C: drive and click the “Find and recover lost emails” button.

What happens if I uninstall Thunderbird?

If you uninstall Mozilla Thunderbird and delete your profile from there, it should have no effect on your Chrome/GMail emails. The only time it will have an effect is if you delete the IMAP emails within MTB, as IMAP emails are linked ‘live’ with the server where your emails are located.

How do I start Thunderbird in Safe Mode?

For Windows Users

  1. Select Mozilla Thunderbird (Safe Mode) from Start | All Programs | Mozilla Thunderbird.
  2. If you do not have that entry in your Start menu:
  3. Press Windows-R.
  4. Type thunderbird -safe-mode.
  5. Click OK.

Does Mozilla Thunderbird still exist?

Thunderbird is an independent, community driven project. (Mozilla Corporation, the makers of Firefox, and Mozilla Messaging no longer develop Thunderbird. But Mozilla still supports Thunderbird by hosting many of the Thunderbird resources.)

How do I import old Thunderbird profiles?

Copy your old profile to the directory where your current profile is stored. See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/using-multiple-profiles to switch to your old profile OR edit ‘profiles. ini’ to change the ‘Path’ to the name of your old profile. Restart Thunderbird.