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Every time I start Thunderbird it expands all my folders. Is it possible to get it to leave them all collapsed, or even remember the folder layout on exit? :)

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NJ220
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I have folders in folders to keep myself organised. No matter how many of my folders are visible/uncollapsed, on startup of Thunderbird EVERY folder is visible and I have to collapse most of them so I can see what I need to and work things out. Thunderbird didn't used to do this, but I had to reformat my computer and now it is. Easy to fix? I have googled it with no luck

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I have folders in folders to keep myself organised. No matter how many of my folders are visible/uncollapsed, on startup of Thunderbird EVERY folder is visible and I have to collapse most of them so I can see what I need to and work things out. Thunderbird didn't used to do this, but I had to reformat my computer and now it is. Easy to fix? I have googled it with no luck :)

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Toad-Hall
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Please try this:

Make hidden files and folders visible:

In Thunderbird

  • Help > Troubleshooting Information
  • click on 'show Folder' button
  • a new window opens showing your Profile folder
  • Close / Exit Thunderbird now - this is important.
  • Look for and delete these files: session.json and foldertree.json
  • Close window - top right X
  • Restart Thunderbird.

the next time you collapse / expand it should remember corectly. Please try this out and report back on results.