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In the new version of Thunderbird it seems impossible to set that attachments are shown as"Read only". Worked in previous versions. SOLVED fixed in version 38

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In previous version of Thunderbird it was possible to set that incoming attachments are shown as "Read only". The solution was to set browser.helperApps.deleteTempFileOnExit as TRUE. In the latest version, no matter how I set this value,. the attachments ARE NOT shown as Read Only. As I need my attachments to be shown as Read Only, I had to restore older versions of Thunderbird. Does anybody have an idea how I can solve this in the new version of Thunderbird ?

In previous version of Thunderbird it was possible to set that incoming attachments are shown as "Read only". The solution was to set browser.helperApps.deleteTempFileOnExit as TRUE. In the latest version, no matter how I set this value,. the attachments ARE NOT shown as Read Only. As I need my attachments to be shown as Read Only, I had to restore older versions of Thunderbird. Does anybody have an idea how I can solve this in the new version of Thunderbird ?

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Wayne Mery
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Are you on Mac, Or windows?

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hmm, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1009465 and https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1095893 seem relevant

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Wayne Mery said

Are you on Mac, Or windows?

Windows 7 Pro

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iaskovic said

Wayne Mery said
Are you on Mac, Or windows?

Windows 7 Pro

But I have Windows 8 on my laptop and have the same problem.

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Wayne Mery said

hmm, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1009465 and https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1095893 seem relevant

I don't see a solution on these links. I am not a computer expert, but it was easy to fix in previous versions of Thunderbird. I can't do it now with the latest version, on either Windows 7 or 8.

Wayne Mery
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You should find this to be fixed in version 38