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T-bird unstable after adding theme. How can I get rid of remainder of theme?

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ciscokid2
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I downloaded and installed a theme, After restarting, Thunderbird became extremely unstable, displaying just bits and pieces on my laptop screen. I tried uninstalling Thunderbird and then downloaded and installed the latest version. This did not help. After many attempts at closing and restarting, I was able to get enough displayed to run it in safe mode. I enabled the default theme, which helped the fix the instability problem. However, remnants of the downloaded theme still appear. How do I restore Thunderbird to its standard themes?

I downloaded and installed a theme, After restarting, Thunderbird became extremely unstable, displaying just bits and pieces on my laptop screen. I tried uninstalling Thunderbird and then downloaded and installed the latest version. This did not help. After many attempts at closing and restarting, I was able to get enough displayed to run it in safe mode. I enabled the default theme, which helped the fix the instability problem. However, remnants of the downloaded theme still appear. How do I restore Thunderbird to its standard themes?
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According to the FAQ, you should delete the Monterail xpi files while TB is running:

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/monterail-dark-2-0-for-tb-68/

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sfhowes
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According to the FAQ, you should delete the Monterail xpi files while TB is running:

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/monterail-dark-2-0-for-tb-68/

ciscokid2
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Thank you very much!

There were two Monterail xpi files and two xpi files with random alpha/numeric file names. I had to delete all four to make the fix. I didn't find anything related when I searched the FAQs...probably due to not wording my search phrases well enough.

Again...thanks much!!!

sfhowes
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I'm not sure about the one beginning with d5e, but e2fda... is the Lightning extension, which you'll need for calendar functions.

ciscokid2
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Right you are! I was so excited about the theme fix, I didn't notice Lightning was gone! Re-installed Lightning and all is now well.

Thanks again!!!