Updated to 38.1.0 and now my e-mails have no content

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TomGalvin
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Updated to 38.1.0 and now my e-mails have no content

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I can see the content in the preview pane, but when I doubleclick to open they are blank whether I chose to view html or plain text, even in safe mode. I am running Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.

Any ideas?
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tanstaafl
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Re: Updated to 38.1.0 and now my e-mails have no content

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It shouldn't make a difference whether or not you read a message using the message preview pane, a tab, or a window. Try some of the suggestions in http://kb.mozillazine.org/Toolbar_or_wi ... ot_working such as exiting Thunderbird, deleting the localstore.rdf file (it stores the toolbar, window layout and size/position settings) in the profile, and restarting. Thunderbird will create a new version of that file with default settings. So you'll need to customize your toolbar again etc.
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Re: Updated to 38.1.0 and now my e-mails have no content

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i too am having many problems with the new build. spell check window black, while typing in reply box, letters disappear, accounts disappear. the problems resolve themselves in time but, a pain, i need to pass over with my cursor to reveal the lost accounts, the spell check box and the content in an email. any ideas what's up? thanks. i do not have any of these problems with other programs and none before the upgrade to 38.1....
ipsecog
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Re: Updated to 38.1.0 and now my e-mails have no content

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I had the same problem, extremely annoying, black areas showing up, composition not working, etc.

Fortunately, the fix mentioned by tanstaafl above works perfectly: delete (or move) localstore.rdf in your profile directory, and all is back to normal.
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Re: Updated to 38.1.0 and now my e-mails have no content

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Hm, that only solved it temporarily (so, I suspect localstore.rdf had nothing to do with it, because actually this file is not rewritten by TB 38).
Any ideas? In the composition view, the cursor will backtrace itself, hiding the last written character(s), and then jump forward again, some emails just display as a big black area, some glitches in the folder view (mouse over restores the screen elements), and so on. There was an old bug in 2010 sometime about Silverlight, related (I did a lot Win updates lately...), perhaps?
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Re: Updated to 38.1.0 and now my e-mails have no content

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Localstore.rdf should be rewritten (recreated) under version 38.1. If it's not, you may need to reinstall Thunderbird. Before doing that, however...

Have you tried disabling hardware acceleration in TB? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1012145
ipsecog
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Re: Updated to 38.1.0 and now my e-mails have no content

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Thanks for answering. I checked my entire C:\Users\<username> for localstore* (after closing down TB), and no file can be found. Seems strange a reinstall would "fix" that, either TB writes the file or not on closedown, regardless of whether I have a fresh install or not, or?

Anyway, the problems are intermittent, so yes hardware acceleration may indeed be a key here. I have disabled according to instructions, will test and report.
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Re: Updated to 38.1.0 and now my e-mails have no content

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Turning off hw acceleration seems to work
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Re: Updated to 38.1.0 and now my e-mails have no content

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ipsecog, please post the graphics section from help | troubleshooting.
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TomGalvin
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Re: Updated to 38.1.0 and now my e-mails have no content

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The 38.2.0 patch fixed the issue for me.
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