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My thunder bird won't start says cannot load XPCOM. How do I repair it?

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johnh20hd
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When I click on the icon I get the error message "cannot load XPCOM." Where can I find it?

When I click on the icon I get the error message "cannot load XPCOM." Where can I find it?

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I would suggest a reinstall from getthunderbird.com

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Matt
Matt
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I would suggest a reinstall from getthunderbird.com

peterrr
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have done a reinstall of Thunderbird but still have problem and problem is that when i click on link in my emails i get error message saying . couldn,t load xpcom