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Cannot open Thunderbird. Error message"Thunderbird not desgned to run on windows or has an error.

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Full message: C:\program files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\mozglue.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Error status 0xc000012f.

Full message: C:\program files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\mozglue.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Error status 0xc000012f.

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That is a no, unless you uninstall using one of those uninstaller programs.

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I would suggest you reinstall from thunderbird.net

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Will I lose all my current settings, address books, junk mail filters, etc.?

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That is a no, unless you uninstall using one of those uninstaller programs.