Hot to stop 128 ESR is automatically updating to broken Thunderbird 131
I've never knowingly installed a non-mainline thunderbird, but earlier this week I started getting the following when I open Thunderbird:
This is an unsupported version of Thunderbird!! Thunderbird monthly releases are not considered stable for general use. Use at your own risk, this build is the same quality as Thunderbird Beta.
Checking the version of thunderbird.exe It says its v131, which happens to be the same as the copy of Firefox installed. When I remove and reinstall Thunderbird it starts off as 128 but quickly changes to 131, even after uninstalling Firefox. (Also annoyingly, this stomps on the version in the profile, which 128 claims is no longer compatible, because Thunderbird isn't clever enough to save a copy of files when it makes "breaking" changes to user files)
I wouldn't being on 131 if actually worked, but it gets stuck in the handshake with my IMAP server, and doesn't even show the local folder caches. (It also for some reason shows the window controls on left side of the window title bar, rather than the right).
How can I restore standard functionality?
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More information about just how broken things are:
When reinstalling I've tried unselecting the "Mozilla Maintenance Service" as well as the various shortcuts for the app, but the bloody service and desktop shortcut are still installed/created.
Okay Mozilla, you're being really skeevy here. I deselect bloody maintenance service, it still gets installed. I replace maintenanceservice.exe and maintenanceservice_installer.exe with 0 byte read only files immediately after installing, and you STILL manage to install the service and upgrade from 128SR3 to the non-functional 131 which admonishes me for not staying on the mainline branch... WTF?
I finally got v128 to stick (for now), but it was far more involved than should be required!
Install 128 w/o maintenance service. Wait for the damned service to appear anyways when closing the installer. Uninstall the maintenance service from Windows Programs & Features. Replace place dummy maintenanceservice files in the Thunderbird folder as above. Open the v128 installer in an archive application like Peazip, extract everything but the bloody maintenance files into a temporary folder. Replace the files in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird with those from the archive to "downgrade" back to the version you actually thought you were installing.
You omitted some information. Was this a fresh install? Is a Windows setup? If not a fresh install, what version were you using?
Dyrbiće so pola swojeho konta přizjewić, zo byšće na přinoški wotmołwił. Prošu stajće nowe prašenje, jeli hišće wužiwarske konto nimaće.