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How can I get thunderbird to open (at startup) in the inbox screen, no matter how TB was closed previously.

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How can I get Thunderbird to open (at startup) in the inbox screen, no matter how TB was closed previously.

How can I get Thunderbird to open (at startup) in the inbox screen, no matter how TB was closed previously.

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Привет как твои дела??? Что случилось, что не ясно тебе в этом приложении????

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fily33 said

Привет как твои дела??? Что случилось, что не ясно тебе в этом приложении????

Looks like Russian ?  ? English please

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For you benefit...Translated from Russian into English using google translate: Hi how are you??? What happened that is not clear to you in this application ????

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As you are probably aware, Thunderbird will auto open on the last selected folder at shutdown.

However, there is an addon which I suggest you take a look at because it now also offers the ability to select a default folder on startup. Manually Sort Folders:

How to install an addon extension:

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Thanks for your comment. I was hoping to avoid the addon as I seem to get endless problems with many of them. I would have thought Thunderbird would have had the opening folder option in their settings as antique systems like Outlook Express had this option donkeys years ago.

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Yes, allegedly there are options - see link below, but I've tried that in recent versions and not got the desired results. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Show_Inbox_when_starting_Thunderbird

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Thanks again TH - I tried the usual Moxilla option that you sent but it does not work on my TB version. I might try the addon but the problems is fairly minor so I might just plod on and always try and close TB when in Inbox. Thanks for interest - much appreciated.