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Can't read emails after downloading update to Thunderbird for Windows 10

Bonnie J Gordon
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I was having the same problem as several others on the forum, that Thunderbird was freezing up a lot after I updated to Windows 10, so I (probably stupidly) just downloaded the Thunderbird version for Windows 10 and made it my default mail program as usual. I can see all of my various e-mail accounts in my account settings, my Address Book is there, and I can write e-mails on my Gmail account. But I can't get into the old view where my accounts were all listed on the left sidebar and when I click on "read messages" in my Gmail account, nothing happens. I've tried every view there is, I've tried to open all the folders. I've also discovered that although I can write FROM my Gmail account to my own domain account, I can't do the opposite. Also the e-mails I write can't be copied to my "Sent Mail" or "Drafts" folder. What do I need to do?

I was having the same problem as several others on the forum, that Thunderbird was freezing up a lot after I updated to Windows 10, so I (probably stupidly) just downloaded the Thunderbird version for Windows 10 and made it my default mail program as usual. I can see all of my various e-mail accounts in my account settings, my Address Book is there, and I can write e-mails on my Gmail account. But I can't get into the old view where my accounts were all listed on the left sidebar and when I click on "read messages" in my Gmail account, nothing happens. I've tried every view there is, I've tried to open all the folders. I've also discovered that although I can write FROM my Gmail account to my own domain account, I can't do the opposite. Also the e-mails I write can't be copied to my "Sent Mail" or "Drafts" folder. What do I need to do?

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Matt
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Hello,

In order to better assist you with your issue please provide us with a screenshot. If you need help to create a screenshot, please see How do I create a screenshot of my problem?

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Bonnie J Gordon
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In the end, I managed to restore Windows 10 to what it was before I downloaded the new Thunderbird. I haven't written many e-mails in Thunderbird yet, so I don't know if it will continue sticking, but if it does I will just manually update Thunderbird instead of downloading a whole new version. Does that sound like a plan?