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The Message Pane shows up even when selected not to.

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When I open Thunderbird the Message Pane shows up. I have gone to View, Layout and deselected the Message Pane but it will show up again when I open Thunderbird. When I look at the layout again, the Message Pane is checked marked again. I have to deselect the Message Pane continually. This is a security issue for me in that some e-mail security issues are activated by just having the e-mail displayed in the Message Pane.

I always update Thunderbird immediately when a new version is released. Can you solve this problem because it has been an issue for me for quite some time and several Thunderbird updates.

When I open Thunderbird the Message Pane shows up. I have gone to View, Layout and deselected the Message Pane but it will show up again when I open Thunderbird. When I look at the layout again, the Message Pane is checked marked again. I have to deselect the Message Pane continually. This is a security issue for me in that some e-mail security issues are activated by just having the e-mail displayed in the Message Pane. I always update Thunderbird immediately when a new version is released. Can you solve this problem because it has been an issue for me for quite some time and several Thunderbird updates.

Ọ̀nà àbáyọ tí a yàn

Tell CCleaner to leave Thunderbird alone. Uncheck everything CCleaner offers to 'clean' related to Thunderbird. If you use Firefox, do the same.

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Are you using CCleaner?

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I am using CCleaner. What does that have to do with Thunderbird and the problem I'm having with the Message Pane automatically being re-selected every time I open Thunderbird. I am concerned because some malware and viruses are activated just by viewing the email. If the Message Pane view is active a bad email could be displayed (and activate something bad) before I can close the message pane.

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Ọ̀nà àbáyọ Tí a Yàn

Tell CCleaner to leave Thunderbird alone. Uncheck everything CCleaner offers to 'clean' related to Thunderbird. If you use Firefox, do the same.

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Christ1,

That seems to have solved my problem. I even did a re-boot to make sure that the T-Bird view was without the Message Pane. Thanks for your help!

Now I have to figure out how to get rid of all of the cache that T-Bird and FireFox leaves behind.

Thanks again, Billibus