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Thunderbird dos not appear on Desktop (XP Professional)

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Since yesterday's update, when I start Thunderbird, it appears in the task bar, but not on the desktop. Right-clicking it does not give me a menu (it used to be that it opened outside the visible desktop area, but I could select "move" and get it inside the desktop with the cursor keys). "Switch to" in the task manager also has no visible effect.

Since yesterday's update, when I start Thunderbird, it appears in the task bar, but not on the desktop. Right-clicking it does not give me a menu (it used to be that it opened outside the visible desktop area, but I could select "move" and get it inside the desktop with the cursor keys). "Switch to" in the task manager also has no visible effect.

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Kill thunderbird.exe in Task Manager. Then try to start Thunderbird again.

In case you do get an error 'Profile in use' check this article.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_in_use

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Thanks. Not even rebooting helped. I solved it in the end by starting Thunderbird in Safe Mode. Seems to work now.

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If safe mode works, the problem was caused by an add-on. So check your add-ons to eliminate the problem.