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Can't Create New Event

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nsalay
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Yesterday I deleted an event that spanned 3 days. On deleting, an error message popped up and then disappeared so quickly I couldn't read it. I didn't think much about it until an hour or so later when I tried to create a new event. The 'New Event' option is greyed out, double-clicking does nothing ... I can't create a new event. When I try to edit an existing event, by double-clicking on it, I get a message window with the information of the event and an 'OK' button, but no edit window at all.

I thought that restarting might fix things. Unfortunately no. Same problem.

I've been using Thunderbird and the calendar for about 8 years, no problem. I do not have the Beehive extension.

Here are my tech specs: 

 Application Basics

   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 52.9.1
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1
   Profile Folder: Open Folder

             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20180709124824
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Memory Use: about:memory
   Profiles: about:profiles

 Crash Reports
   https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-17efe02b-a315-4b3b-bfef-600360170425 (2017-04-24)

 Extensions
   Lightning, 5.4.9.1, true, {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}
   Manually sort folders, 1.1.1, true, tbsortfolders@xulforum.org

 Important Modified Preferences

   Name: Value

     accessibility.lastLoadDate: 1533677856
     accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0
     browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
     browser.cache.disk.filesystem_reported: 1
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false
     dom.apps.reset-permissions: true
     extensions.lastAppVersion: 52.9.1
     font.internaluseonly.changed: true
     font.minimum-size.x-western: 16
     font.name.monospace.el: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.tr: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-baltic: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-central-euro: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-cyrillic: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-unicode: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-western: Consolas
     font.name.sans-serif.el: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.tr: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-baltic: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-central-euro: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-cyrillic: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-western: Calibri
     font.name.serif.el: Cambria
     font.name.serif.tr: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-baltic: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-central-euro: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-cyrillic: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-unicode: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-western: Cambria
     font.size.fixed.el: 14
     font.size.fixed.tr: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-baltic: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-central-euro: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-cyrillic: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-unicode: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-western: 16
     font.size.variable.el: 17
     font.size.variable.tr: 17
     font.size.variable.x-baltic: 17
     font.size.variable.x-central-euro: 17
     font.size.variable.x-cyrillic: 17
     font.size.variable.x-unicode: 17
     font.size.variable.x-western: 20
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.appVersion: 45.3.0
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.deviceID: 0x1916
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.driverVersion: 20.19.15.4463
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.gfx.driver-init.direct3d11-angle: true
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.gfx.driver-init.webgl-angle: true
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.gfx.driver-init.webgl-angle-force-d3d11: false
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.gfx.driver-init.webgl-angle-force-warp: false
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.gfx.driver-init.webgl-angle-try-d3d11: true
     gfx.crash-guard.status.glcontext: 2
     gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0
     mail.openMessageBehavior.version: 1
     mail.winsearch.firstRunDone: true
     mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: c435c4ed-1d1a-47e1-b342-2d23525e636
     mailnews.database.global.views.conversation.columns: {"threadCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"1"},"flaggedCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"3"},"attachmentCol":{"visible":false…
     mailnews.database.global.views.global.columns: {"threadCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"1"},"flaggedCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"3"},"attachmentCol":{"visible":false…
     media.gmp.storage.version.observed: 1
     network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
     network.predictor.cleaned-up: true
     places.database.lastMaintenance: 1533041776
     places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 67155
     plugin.importedState: true
     security.sandbox.content.tempDirSuffix: {4dcd7224-0387-407c-8987-d631c8bf85d0}

 Graphics

     GPU #1
     Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 520
     Vendor ID: 0x8086
     Device ID: 0x1916
     RAM: Unknown
     Drivers: igdumdim64 igd10iumd64 igd10iumd64 igd12umd64 igdumdim32 igd10iumd32 igd10iumd32 igd12umd32
     Driver Version: 24.20.100.6136
     Driver Date: 5-25-2018

     Features
     Direct2D: false
     DirectWrite: true (10.0.17134.1)
     WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0) -- OpenGL ES 2.0 (ANGLE 2.1.0.2a250c8a0e15)

     AzureCanvasBackend: skia
     AzureCanvasAccelerated: 0
     AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo
     AzureContentBackend: skia

 JavaScript

 Incremental GC: 1

 Accessibility

   Activated: 0
   Prevent Accessibility: 0

 Library Versions

     Expected minimum version
     Version in use

     NSPR
     4.13.1
     4.13.1

     NSS
     3.28.6
     3.28.6

     NSS Util
     3.28.6
     3.28.6

     NSS SSL
     3.28.6
     3.28.6

     NSS S/MIME
     3.28.6
     3.28.6
Yesterday I deleted an event that spanned 3 days. On deleting, an error message popped up and then disappeared so quickly I couldn't read it. I didn't think much about it until an hour or so later when I tried to create a new event. The 'New Event' option is greyed out, double-clicking does nothing ... I can't create a new event. When I try to edit an existing event, by double-clicking on it, I get a message window with the information of the event and an 'OK' button, but no edit window at all. I thought that restarting might fix things. Unfortunately no. Same problem. I've been using Thunderbird and the calendar for about 8 years, no problem. I do not have the Beehive extension. Here are my tech specs: Application Basics Name: Thunderbird Version: 52.9.1 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 Profile Folder: Open Folder (Local drive) Application Build ID: 20180709124824 Enabled Plugins: about:plugins Build Configuration: about:buildconfig Memory Use: about:memory Profiles: about:profiles Crash Reports https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-17efe02b-a315-4b3b-bfef-600360170425 (2017-04-24) Extensions Lightning, 5.4.9.1, true, {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103} Manually sort folders, 1.1.1, true, tbsortfolders@xulforum.org Important Modified Preferences Name: Value accessibility.lastLoadDate: 1533677856 accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0 browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.filesystem_reported: 1 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false dom.apps.reset-permissions: true extensions.lastAppVersion: 52.9.1 font.internaluseonly.changed: true font.minimum-size.x-western: 16 font.name.monospace.el: Consolas font.name.monospace.tr: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-baltic: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-central-euro: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-cyrillic: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-unicode: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-western: Consolas font.name.sans-serif.el: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.tr: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-baltic: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-central-euro: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-cyrillic: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-western: Calibri font.name.serif.el: Cambria font.name.serif.tr: Cambria font.name.serif.x-baltic: Cambria font.name.serif.x-central-euro: Cambria font.name.serif.x-cyrillic: Cambria font.name.serif.x-unicode: Cambria font.name.serif.x-western: Cambria font.size.fixed.el: 14 font.size.fixed.tr: 14 font.size.fixed.x-baltic: 14 font.size.fixed.x-central-euro: 14 font.size.fixed.x-cyrillic: 14 font.size.fixed.x-unicode: 14 font.size.fixed.x-western: 16 font.size.variable.el: 17 font.size.variable.tr: 17 font.size.variable.x-baltic: 17 font.size.variable.x-central-euro: 17 font.size.variable.x-cyrillic: 17 font.size.variable.x-unicode: 17 font.size.variable.x-western: 20 gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.appVersion: 45.3.0 gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.deviceID: 0x1916 gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.driverVersion: 20.19.15.4463 gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.gfx.driver-init.direct3d11-angle: true gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.gfx.driver-init.webgl-angle: true gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.gfx.driver-init.webgl-angle-force-d3d11: false gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.gfx.driver-init.webgl-angle-force-warp: false gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.gfx.driver-init.webgl-angle-try-d3d11: true gfx.crash-guard.status.glcontext: 2 gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0 mail.openMessageBehavior.version: 1 mail.winsearch.firstRunDone: true mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: c435c4ed-1d1a-47e1-b342-2d23525e636 mailnews.database.global.views.conversation.columns: {"threadCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"1"},"flaggedCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"3"},"attachmentCol":{"visible":false… mailnews.database.global.views.global.columns: {"threadCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"1"},"flaggedCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"3"},"attachmentCol":{"visible":false… media.gmp.storage.version.observed: 1 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true network.predictor.cleaned-up: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1533041776 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 67155 plugin.importedState: true security.sandbox.content.tempDirSuffix: {4dcd7224-0387-407c-8987-d631c8bf85d0} Graphics GPU #1 Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 Vendor ID: 0x8086 Device ID: 0x1916 RAM: Unknown Drivers: igdumdim64 igd10iumd64 igd10iumd64 igd12umd64 igdumdim32 igd10iumd32 igd10iumd32 igd12umd32 Driver Version: 24.20.100.6136 Driver Date: 5-25-2018 Features Direct2D: false DirectWrite: true (10.0.17134.1) WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0) -- OpenGL ES 2.0 (ANGLE 2.1.0.2a250c8a0e15) AzureCanvasBackend: skia AzureCanvasAccelerated: 0 AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureContentBackend: skia JavaScript Incremental GC: 1 Accessibility Activated: 0 Prevent Accessibility: 0 Library Versions Expected minimum version Version in use NSPR 4.13.1 4.13.1 NSS 3.28.6 3.28.6 NSS Util 3.28.6 3.28.6 NSS SSL 3.28.6 3.28.6 NSS S/MIME 3.28.6 3.28.6
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Chosen solution

I solved this and am positing in case others are having similar issues.

In my case, somehow my calendar had become 'read only'.

In the left hand pane there is a drop down called "Calendar". In my case I have only one calendar in that menu -- 'Home'. I noticed that there was a little lock icon to the right of this. I selected this and a dialog popped up in which I saw "Read-only" selected. I de-selected this. Now I can create events again.

Hope this helps someone. Best, Nancy

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Chosen Solution

I solved this and am positing in case others are having similar issues.

In my case, somehow my calendar had become 'read only'.

In the left hand pane there is a drop down called "Calendar". In my case I have only one calendar in that menu -- 'Home'. I noticed that there was a little lock icon to the right of this. I selected this and a dialog popped up in which I saw "Read-only" selected. I de-selected this. Now I can create events again.

Hope this helps someone. Best, Nancy