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T-Bird opens on wrong inbox

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rmrav48
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My Thunderbird (Win 10) setup has inboxes for 6 inboxes. Since the last upgrade, the application doesn't open to my default address and inbox but to a lesser one. How do I tell the app always to open where I want. This happens even if I browse to my preferred inbox, close Thunderbird and then reopen. It still opens to a different inbox.

PS - I'm writing this post using Chrome because my up-to-date version of Firefox doesn't show the Ask Now button.

My Thunderbird (Win 10) setup has inboxes for 6 inboxes. Since the last upgrade, the application doesn't open to my default address and inbox but to a lesser one. How do I tell the app always to open where I want. This happens even if I browse to my preferred inbox, close Thunderbird and then reopen. It still opens to a different inbox. PS - I'm writing this post using Chrome because my up-to-date version of Firefox doesn't show the Ask Now button.

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TB should open in the folder that was open at last exit. If it doesn't, Help/Troubleshooting, Profile Folder, Open Folder, close TB, delete session.json.

A specific folder can be set to open, independent of the folder that was open at closing, with this add-on:

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

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sfhowes
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TB should open in the folder that was open at last exit. If it doesn't, Help/Troubleshooting, Profile Folder, Open Folder, close TB, delete session.json.

A specific folder can be set to open, independent of the folder that was open at closing, with this add-on:

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

rmrav48
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Thanks, sfhowes. Did what you said and all good now. Much appreciated.