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Couldn't load XPCOM

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after a brief update of Thunderbird, I get the message "Couldn't load XPCOM" what should I do? Thunderbird does not start

after a brief update of Thunderbird, I get the message "Couldn't load XPCOM" what should I do? Thunderbird does not start

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Download and reinstall Thunderbird. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/

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Thanks for your answer FredMCD That's what I am doing : I just need to rebuild my contacts and my local folders from the last backup; it means several hours of work and many problems which should result in days of work.istead of just hours It's probably due to an interruption in the automatic update.of Thunderbird Should i stop these updates?

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Normally updates cause no problems. But sometimes . . .