Reinstall Thunderbird?

[Jim Higgins]

Can I delete and reinstall Thunderbird without losing my mail and folders?
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[Richard Alan]

Jim Higgins wrote:

> Can I delete and reinstall Thunderbird without losing my mail and
> folders?

Don't "delete" -- rather "uninstall". Your mail and folders are held in
your profile; that is not removed by an uninstall. However, as always, it
is prudent to make a backup before drastic measures.

[Chris Ilias]

On 2016-08-17 5:50 PM, Jim Higgins wrote:
> Can I delete and reinstall Thunderbird without losing my mail and folders?

Yes; the uninstaller does not remove your messages.

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[Mike Easter]

Jim Higgins wrote:
> Can I delete and reinstall Thunderbird without losing my mail and folders?

Yes, but...

.... deleting and reinstalling often fails to solve 'the problem'.

The problem often isn't the 'installation' but something corrupt in the
profile. So, the new install using the old profile (which you want)
doesn't fix the issue.

Another question to consider is 'what problem are you trying to solve
with the reinstall?'.

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Mike Easter

[Jim Higgins]

I decided NOT to reinstall. I seem to have blundered into a fix: Inbox,
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 20:46:55 -0400, Chris Ilias wrote:

> Yes; the uninstaller does not remove your messages.

Probably a good idea to create a backup of the profile folder, just in
case...

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