Ubuntu
thunderbird package

  1. Bug #563893
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 563893

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Christopher (soft-kristal) wrote : Re: Thunderbird will not launch do to a recursive symlink

The links .mozilla.thunderbird and .thunderbird return an alert box with the message 'This link cannot be used, because its target "/home/chris/.thunderbird" doesn't exist.'

Thunderbird is crucial to my work. Should I back up my folder and do a complete removal and reinstallation? The renaming of the folder .thunderbird to .thunderbird.upstream is weird.

I don't see .thunderbird anymore in my home directory, and when I copied the folder .thundebird.upstream to an external USB drive, renamed it .thunderbird and tried to copy it back to my home directory I received the message that .thunderbird was already there, even though I can't see it, even with the hidden folders displayed.