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Thunderbird won't open on my W10 desktop

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Thunderbird won't open on my W10 desktop Been using the program for years. I have the icon pinned to my taskbar, and usually one click opens Thunderbird. Not today. Help !

Thunderbird won't open on my W10 desktop Been using the program for years. I have the icon pinned to my taskbar, and usually one click opens Thunderbird. Not today. Help !

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Did you try: option 1 Right click on Thunderbird icon in Taskbar and select 'Mozilla Thunderbird' in list. - Did it work ?


option2 Thunderbird by default is installed here:

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe

In the 'Mozilla Thunderbird' folder there are many files, locate and click on 'thunderbird.exe' file. see image as guide.

Did it work?

option3 Click on 'Windows icon' to see list of apps. Click on Mozilla Thunderbird' Did this work?