jivago_rey wrote:Hey I fixed it! In fact, there's only 1 instance of Thunderbird but two windows who try to proceed at the same time at startup.
I noticed there was 2x "MinimizeToTray Plus" icons in the taskbar. MinimizeToTray Plus doesn't exit the program so it is impossible to really get rid of that second window... Here's what I did ;
1. Disable "MinimizeToTray Plus" in menu "Tools/Add-Ons/"
2. Exit Thunderbird (Be sure that the process is not running)
3. Open Thunderbird (In my case, I had the same two windows problem the first time)
4. Now Thunderbird runs without the MinimizeToTray Plus add-on.
5. Close one of the window.
6. Re-enable your "MinimizeToTray Plus" add-on
7. Exit and restart
Voilà!
Somewhere in the registry I guess, the software remembered it has two Windows and MinimizeToTray Plus prevented me (the user) to close one of these. Hope it will work for you guys.
Unusual Two Instances of Thunderbird
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Re: Unusual Two Instances of Thunderbird
Thanks, this worked.
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Re: Unusual Two Instances of Thunderbird
Marcollin wrote:Found an easier cure: simply choose «file-close» to close one of the windows.
I had the problem, due to minimise to tray, and this is the best solution for it; be sure to choose 'file':'close' and not 'file':'exit'.
Good job!
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Re: Unusual Two Instances of Thunderbird
Excellent work for me. Thank you very much.
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Re: Unusual Two Instances of Thunderbird
Same here, but I don't have "MinimizeToTray Plus" add-on!
I was get multiple (two) windows in the legal way (with one TB v11.0.1 instance/process): right click on the "Calendar" tab > "Move to New Window" (or any folder open to new tab and after move to new window).
The 2 windows worked for me great, and I was happy, until I don"t want to use 2 window, I want back one. Now, when I every time started (or restarted) the TB I get two windows...if I close one, it closed the another window too (because there is one instance).
How could I reset this situation?
I was get multiple (two) windows in the legal way (with one TB v11.0.1 instance/process): right click on the "Calendar" tab > "Move to New Window" (or any folder open to new tab and after move to new window).
The 2 windows worked for me great, and I was happy, until I don"t want to use 2 window, I want back one. Now, when I every time started (or restarted) the TB I get two windows...if I close one, it closed the another window too (because there is one instance).
How could I reset this situation?
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Re: Unusual Two Instances of Thunderbird
pbalog wrote:Same here, but I don't have "MinimizeToTray Plus" add-on!
I was get multiple (two) windows in the legal way (with one TB v11.0.1 instance/process): right click on the "Calendar" tab > "Move to New Window" (or any folder open to new tab and after move to new window).
The 2 windows worked for me great, and I was happy, until I don"t want to use 2 window, I want back one. Now, when I every time started (or restarted) the TB I get two windows...if I close one, it closed the another window too (because there is one instance).
How could I reset this situation?
Finally I solved! I disabled my all add-ons one-by-one, but problem was the same. Then I restarted in safe mode...after this i get only one window.
I couldn't reproduce the problem the written way...strange, but I am glad now.
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Re: Unusual Two Instances of Thunderbird
Man, can't thank you enough for this simple fix, I've been bashing my head for a while now!
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Re: Unusual Two Instances of Thunderbird
jivago_rey thank you! Worked like a charm!
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Re: Unusual Two Instances of Thunderbird
Works also for Thunderbird 14.0 under Ubuntu 11.04
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Re: Unusual Two Instances of Thunderbird
Muito obrigado!
Eu também possuía este problema e consegui resolver
Eu também possuía este problema e consegui resolver
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Re: Unusual Two Instances of Thunderbird
zetaseeker wrote:Marcollin wrote:Found an easier cure: simply choose «file-close» to close one of the windows.
I had the problem, due to minimise to tray, and this is the best solution for it; be sure to choose 'file':'close' and not 'file':'exit'.
Thanks, this is the only thing that worked for me. I disabled ALL my add-ons, restarted Thunderbird, and it still opened twice. I tried enabling/disabling add-ons selectively too. File > Exit would always close both windows, and both would open again when I restarted TB.
I then tried File > Close on the extra window and it worked!
It's unbelievable that this issue still exists ... I see posts dating as far back as 2008 with the same problem.
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Re: Unusual Two Instances of Thunderbird
The Mozilla link near the beginning of this thread suggests deleting the 'session.json' file in the Thunderbird profile.
That's what I did, and it worked for me.
That's what I did, and it worked for me.