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Thunderbird running slow and not responding

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hoodoo_uk
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Thunderbird 24.4.0 running on Windows 8.1 has suddenly started to freeze on opening new emails and displays a 'not responding' error message; any solutions? I've tried Thunderbird safe mode and disabling email scaninng in Mcaffe.

Thunderbird 24.4.0 running on Windows 8.1 has suddenly started to freeze on opening new emails and displays a 'not responding' error message; any solutions? I've tried Thunderbird safe mode and disabling email scaninng in Mcaffe.

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jcrouse
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Same problem too!

Wayne Mery
Wayne Mery
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Start *Windows'* safe mode with networking enabled - win8 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/windows-startup-settings-including-safe-mode Still In Windows safe mode, start thunderbird in safe mode - http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/safe-mode

Does problem go away?