My thunderbird stops responding at almost every click. CAUSE: addon?
I just installed it on a new computer less than a month ago, so I don't think it's a memory problem. I used Thunderbird on my last computer and never had a problem. Sometimes after the "not responding" message, the screen will go blank and then I have to wait even to close and restart.
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Which addons ere installed?
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Start *Windows'* safe mode with networking enabled - win8 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/windows-startup-settings-safe-mode - win7 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/start-computer-safe-mode#start-computer-safe-mode=windows-7 - XP http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx
Still In Windows safe mode, start thunderbird in safe mode - http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/safe-mode
Does problem go away?
It seems to have gone away. When both windows and Thunderbird were in safe mode, Thunderbird performed okay, so I disabled add-ons in Thunderbird and rebooted. So far, so good. Thank you!
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Which addons ere installed?
So I tried your previous suggestion and it seemed to work for a minute. But then it came back. So I looked around online a little bit and read that McAfee (trial version came installed with Windows) could be the problem, as it doubles up the SPAM protection that is already built in to Thunderbird. I went in and turned off the email setting on McAfee and the problem has been solved ever since. Thanks!