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I make a new folder under local folders Then all by itself it change to a "maroon paper" instead of a folder icon It resets the sorting of folders and I am unable to change it back It does not allow me to change the name normally or in properties

I did not lose emails How to I get it back to a regular folder

I make a new folder under local folders Then all by itself it change to a "maroon paper" instead of a folder icon It resets the sorting of folders and I am unable to change it back It does not allow me to change the name normally or in properties I did not lose emails How to I get it back to a regular folder

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Where are you doing this at? You provide no screenshot for others to know what your referring to here.

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In the folders area I created standard subfolders. In the attached photos the icons look like a folder. I can rename or delete them as needed

Randomly certain folders change icons to "purple paper"- now I cannot change the name or delete see pic of dropdown odd and normal Clearly I must trigger this somehow- but I don't know when or how or what it means

I just want to make it a folder again so I don't have to reset all my filters to a new folder Attached screenshots

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That seems to be an issue with an email website. This support article may help.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/problems-with-email-how-to-find-help

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Is this a question about Thunderbird or about Firefox ?

If the question is about Thunderbird then we can move the question thread to Thunderbird Support.

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Thunderbird issue