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Thunderbird Mail

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When I open Thunderbird it open to the trash folder. How can I get it back to open with the inbox folder?

When I open Thunderbird it open to the trash folder. How can I get it back to open with the inbox folder?

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TB defaults to opening with the folder that was open at the last closing. If it doesn't, Help/Troubleshooting, click Open Folder, delete session.json. There is also an add-on to set a specific folder to open on launch, no matter which one was open at closing:

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/manually-sort-folders/