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Thunderbird No Longer Opens to Inbox - Unified Folders

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tjwalker
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Greetings, I recently updated to the latest version. It broke some of my add-ons that I HAVE to have. So I tried to downgrade to a previous version but the latest version did something to the profile file that could not be used in a previous version. Fortunately I had a night backup so restored the old profile.

The problem is (v. 78.4) is Thunderbird no longer opens to the Unified Folders Inbox - instead it opens to the top inbox listed under the unified inbox. So I think I'm looking at all my new mail - but actually only see new mail for that one inbox.

Previously, TB would open to the unified inbox. I have tried everything - recreated the unified folder, etc, etc.

Anyone have an idea on how I can get TB to open to the desired Inbox - Unified Folders?

Greetings, I recently updated to the latest version. It broke some of my add-ons that I HAVE to have. So I tried to downgrade to a previous version but the latest version did something to the profile file that could not be used in a previous version. Fortunately I had a night backup so restored the old profile. The problem is (v. 78.4) is Thunderbird no longer opens to the Unified Folders Inbox - instead it opens to the top inbox listed under the unified inbox. So I think I'm looking at all my new mail - but actually only see new mail for that one inbox. Previously, TB would open to the unified inbox. I have tried everything - recreated the unified folder, etc, etc. Anyone have an idea on how I can get TB to open to the desired Inbox - Unified Folders?
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sfhowes
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It opens to the Unified Inbox here, if it was open at last exit. Try repairing the Unified view by deleting the smart mailboxes folder and virtualfolders.dat from the profile:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unified_Folders_not_working

tjwalker
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Thanks for that info. For the time being I went back to TB 68.* because all my necessary add-ons still work. I used the -allow-downgrade command line to use the upgraded profile.

Funny, it opens to the inbox - unified folders under v.68. Once I see that my add-ons have been updated to work with 78 - I'll try it again.