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cant download thunderbird on my chromebook - says file type not supported; go to chrome web store and find app to open file, but i have no idea what to look for

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jiffniffer
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i have no idea what to do to get thunderbird to load on my chromebook - after i download thunderbird, i click on it and it says file type not supported, visit chrome web store to find an app to open file. I do not know what to look for or what to do.

i have no idea what to do to get thunderbird to load on my chromebook - after i download thunderbird, i click on it and it says file type not supported, visit chrome web store to find an app to open file. I do not know what to look for or what to do.

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tjohnson
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Unfortunately, Thunderbird doesn't support Chrome OS, which means it can't be installed on a Chromebook. This question addresses the same topic: Can Thunderbird be installed on a Chrome Computer

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James
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Thunderbird and Firefox for desktop is only for Windows XP SP2 and newer, Mac OSX 10.6+ and Linux.

Maybe if you dual boot with Linux you could.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/31.0/system-requirements/

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