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How Do You Start Mozilla Thunderbird In Safe Mode To Uninstall Broken Extensions?

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How Do You Start Mozilla Thunderbird In Safe Mode To Uninstall Broken Extensions?

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Mozilla Thunderbird refuses to start and utters but a cryptic error message — or nothing at all? Don’t panic, at least not yet. Chances are a troublesome extension is wreaking havoc. Get rid of the extension and you rid Mozilla Thunderbird of its problems. How, though, can one uninstall an add-on without the menus and dialogs in Mozilla Thunderbird that make that possible? Fortunately, Mozilla Thunderbird includes a “safe” mode that disables all extensions before (hopefully) launching the application. You can then uninstall problematic extensions. Start Mozilla Thunderbird in Safe Mode to Uninstall Broken Extensions To launch Mozilla Thunderbird in Safe Mode and get rid of extensions that cause problems: • Make sure Mozilla Thunderbird is not running. • Windows: • Select Mozilla Thunderbird (Safe Mode) from Start | All Programs | Mozilla Thunderbird. • If you do no