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THUNDERBIRD TELLS ME MY ADDRESS BOOK CANT LOAD

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every launch i get this error from thunderbird.i have tried to fix it and its the same thing everytime..

Unable to load address book file abook.mab. It may be read-only, or locked by another application. Please try again later.

every launch i get this error from thunderbird.i have tried to fix it and its the same thing everytime.. Unable to load address book file abook.mab. It may be read-only, or locked by another application. Please try again later.

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on the help menu select troubleshooting details Select the show button for the profile folder. Close down Thunderbird right click the abook.mab file in windows explorer and check that the file is not read only as the error suggests.

If it is not, rename the file Restart Thunderbird.