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Thunderbird crashes often when I delete e-mails. I do use Windows 8.1

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I saw some questions with the same subject. When I sometimes try to delete e-mails in Thunderbird, the program crashes. I have to stop the program and re-open it, After that I can delete the e-mails. It happens very often. I am using Windows 8.1 and the newest Thunderbird.

I saw some questions with the same subject. When I sometimes try to delete e-mails in Thunderbird, the program crashes. I have to stop the program and re-open it, After that I can delete the e-mails. It happens very often. I am using Windows 8.1 and the newest Thunderbird.

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Could your Provide the Thunderbird Version which your working on.


To diagnose problems with Thunderbird, try one of the following:

  • Restart Thunderbird with add-ons disabled (Thunderbird Safe Mode). On the Help menu, click on "Restart with Add-ons Disabled". If Thunderbird works like normal, there is an Add-on or Theme interfering with normal operations. You will need to re-enable add-ons one at a time until you locate the offender.
  • Restart the operating system in safe mode with Networking. This loads only the very basics needed to start your computer while enabling an Internet connection. Click on your operating system for instructions on how to start in safe mode: Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, OSX
If safe mode for the operating system fixes the issue, there's other software in your computer that's causing problems. Possibilities include but not limited to: AV scanning, virus/malware, background downloads such as program updates.