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How to undo the 'Don't show again' for confirmation of deletion in trash folder

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Please can anyone tell me how to undo the option of deleting the trash folder contents without confirming the deletion. I clicked on 'Don't show this again' when I clicked empty trash and it asked if I really wanted to to delete everything but now I think I really need that option of checking again before I delete files. I've looked everywhere but can't find out how to undo that and can't find anything on here to help either.

Please can anyone tell me how to undo the option of deleting the trash folder contents without confirming the deletion. I clicked on 'Don't show this again' when I clicked empty trash and it asked if I really wanted to to delete everything but now I think I really need that option of checking again before I delete files. I've looked everywhere but can't find out how to undo that and can't find anything on here to help either.

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If you open Tools/Options/Advanced/General/Config. editor and copy mailnews.emptyTrash.dontAskAgain into the Search box, you will probably see that its value is 'true'. Double-click the preference to switch it to false.

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If you open Tools/Options/Advanced/General/Config. editor and copy mailnews.emptyTrash.dontAskAgain into the Search box, you will probably see that its value is 'true'. Double-click the preference to switch it to false.

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Thank you so much sfhowes, I really appreciate your help. Now my problem is solved and I'm saving your instructions, just in case I ever need them again!! :)