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Since the latest Thunderbird update all my address books have lost their addresses & they seem to be consolidated into one book '{Personal Address Book'. How can this be rectified?

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Alan
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Since the latest Thunderbird update all my address books have lost their addresses & they seem to be consolidated into one book '{Personal Address Book'. How can this be rectified?

Since the latest Thunderbird update all my address books have lost their addresses & they seem to be consolidated into one book '{Personal Address Book'. How can this be rectified?

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Wayne Mery
Wayne Mery
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Alan,

Have you resolved your problem?

Alan
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No, and I have since found that many addresses and group emails are missing.

atErik
atErik
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Thunderbird = TB. Hi user:Alan, it appears to me that, may be your problem related to ADDRESS-BOOK (in TB) is similar to the problem posted by user:tassos1 HERE, contacts are fully (in your case) or partially (tassos1 case) lost , i have posted a solution , please see if its useful/applicable or solves or helps to solve your problems.

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Wayne Mery
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Whatever you do, do NOT destroy xxxx.mab.bak files in your Thunderbird profile, they will be needed by developers to determine why your addressbook is not working properly