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Thunderbird won't open getting error message "Couldn't load XPCOM."

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virginegg
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Thunderbird has been working fine, but tried to open this morning and received error message: Couldn't load XPCOM

Thunderbird has been working fine, but tried to open this morning and received error message: Couldn't load XPCOM

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I have no idea what causes this, but a reinstall generally fixes it.

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Matt
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I have no idea what causes this, but a reinstall generally fixes it.