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Display problems in Thunderbird (win10)

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Hi,

Since the last few updates of Thunderbird (not sure which version), I've had a display problem appear where mail folders and messages don't appear until I drag the mouse cursor over them, then they do (see image attached). Everything else works as expected.

I tried running in Safe mode, problem disappears.

I tried running in Safe mode, disabling addons and reseting toolbars, doesn't solve the problem.

I've tried updating my display drivers, no change.

Any ideas?

Hi, Since the last few updates of Thunderbird (not sure which version), I've had a display problem appear where mail folders and messages don't appear until I drag the mouse cursor over them, then they do (see image attached). Everything else works as expected. I tried running in Safe mode, problem disappears. I tried running in Safe mode, disabling addons and reseting toolbars, doesn't solve the problem. I've tried updating my display drivers, no change. Any ideas?
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Modified by Wayne Mery

Chosen solution

Try disabling hardware acceleration in Options/General/Indexing, restart TB. It's disabled in safe mode.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1312645

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I'm using Thunderbird 78.5.1 (32-bit) on Windows 10.

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Chosen Solution

Try disabling hardware acceleration in Options/General/Indexing, restart TB. It's disabled in safe mode.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1312645

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That did it, thanks!