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Why is autocomplete for address line not working after migration, typing in red and not showing any suggestions?

humblingchances
humblingchances
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I migrated my thunderbird to a new laptop a few weeks back. Since then, the auto-completion in the address line isn't working: Typing is red, no suggestions are shown. Autocomplete is enabled in "options". Address book has been imported/migrated and addresses show up in address book, looks alright. What can I do to find the problem? It is very very annoying and tiring to always have to look for the correct addresses and copy them, especially when directing mails to several recipients.

I migrated my thunderbird to a new laptop a few weeks back. Since then, the auto-completion in the address line isn't working: Typing is red, no suggestions are shown. Autocomplete is enabled in "options". Address book has been imported/migrated and addresses show up in address book, looks alright. What can I do to find the problem? It is very very annoying and tiring to always have to look for the correct addresses and copy them, especially when directing mails to several recipients.

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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There have been cases where incompatible add-ons caused this problem. Does it appear when you run in safe mode (hold Shift when you launch TB)?

humblingchances
humblingchances Vraag-eienaar
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Thanks, sfhowes! Safe mode "solves" the problem. Now how do I best find out which add-on's the guilty one?

humblingchances
humblingchances Vraag-eienaar
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Problem solved! I really do feel quite stupid now. Since starting it in safe mode, removing and then re-installing one single little add-on (tzpush) everything seems to work again. Thanks!