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On my old PC the folders in the left pane are listed by user within Inbox, say, but on my new PC it is all the folders within user, which is harder to navigate.

TrevBriggs11
TrevBriggs11
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On new PC: User1 

 Inbox
 Drafts
 Sent
 Trash

User2 

 Inbox
 Drafts...etc

On Old PC: Inbox 

 User1
 User2

Drafts 

 User1
 User2...etc  (Much easier to navigate because all the inboxes (most used folder) are grouped together.

There is a FAQ that appears to address this issue, but it appears to relate to a much older version of Thunderbird and the menu options do not appear.

On new PC: User1 Inbox Drafts Sent Trash User2 Inbox Drafts...etc On Old PC: Inbox User1 User2 Drafts User1 User2...etc (Much easier to navigate because all the inboxes (most used folder) are grouped together. There is a FAQ that appears to address this issue, but it appears to relate to a much older version of Thunderbird and the menu options do not appear.

Chosen solution

Right click the Menu/Toolbar at the top of Thunderbird and select folder pane toolbar.

Use the toolbar to change the folder view to unified.

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Matt
Matt
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Chosen Solution

Right click the Menu/Toolbar at the top of Thunderbird and select folder pane toolbar.

Use the toolbar to change the folder view to unified.

TrevBriggs11
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That did the trick. Many thanks.