Saved searches dead in TB 102.5.
I just upgraded from TB 91.something to 102.5. (No, I didn't install 102.0, I just upgraded in the usual in-app fashion.)
(1) My saved-search folders are non-functional -- just blank lines. (2) Even the Saved Search item on the File>New menu is completely absent. So I also can't create new ones.
(Help! One of these functions as my "true" inbox for virtually all incoming email.)
FWIW: Windows 10 (latest rev) on MS Surface Pro.
Modified by jmacauslan
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You will need to recreate them. Rename VirtualFolders.dat in your thunderbird profile.
Thanks, Wayne! 1. Why in the world wasn't this documented, even by a week after the release? 2. Is the problem understood? A quick check shows that the old and new VirtualFolders.dat files (which are both text, and rather short) are extremely similar -- enough that surely at least a meaningful error message would have been feasible about whatever the incompatibility is.
> 1. Why in the world wasn't this documented, even by a week after the release?
Because it is an uncommon problem, and we don't flag uncommon problems.
> 2. Is the problem understood? A quick check shows that the old and new VirtualFolders.dat files (which are both text, and rather short) are extremely similar -- enough that surely at least a meaningful error message would have been feasible about whatever the incompatibility is.
No, it is not well understood. Which is one reason why no additional corrective work has been possible.