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I am having delays when viewing my emails and when typing emails. There is an icon that looks like a pie chart that is going in circles. Thunderbird is slow.

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jcdrane101
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Thunderbird is running very slow. When I am reading emails or typing an email I get a circle icon that looks like a spinning pie chart. When that appears I cannot do anything but wait for it to go away. Any suggestions to speed up Thunderbird and get rid of the spinning pie chart?

Thunderbird is running very slow. When I am reading emails or typing an email I get a circle icon that looks like a spinning pie chart. When that appears I cannot do anything but wait for it to go away. Any suggestions to speed up Thunderbird and get rid of the spinning pie chart?

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Wayne Mery
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Please start *Windows'* safe mode with networking enabled - win10 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12376/windows-10-start-your-pc-in-safe-mode - win8 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17076/windows-8-startup-settings-safe-mode - win7 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17419/windows-7-advanced-startup-options-safe-mode#start-computer-safe-mode=windows-7 - XP https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx

Still In Windows safe mode, start thunderbird in safe mode - https://support.mozilla.org/kb/safe-mode-thunderbird

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