Hi Thunderbird
I read the EE thread you referenced. You For the "default mail client is
not properly installed" error, see MVP Ramesh's page here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/MailtoProtocol.htm
Even if you're not now getting those symptoms, it would be worth
checking the settings.
I do suspect McAfee may be interfering with Thunderbird. Have you tried
disabling its email protection? I don't remember seeing a mention of
that in the thread.
Nightowl
Thunderbird <thunder@bird.com> wrote on Mon, 7 Jul 2008:
>Some 'experts' in alt.fan.mozilla suggested that I have a Windows
>problem, not a Thunderbird problem. For that reason, I'm posting my
>problem in this newsgroup.
>
>I've used Thunderbird on a WinXP system happily for years, but after a
>power outtage Thunderbird has begun closing itself whenever a link
>within an e-mail is clicked on. (BTW, I was using version 1.5, but in
>an attempt to fix the problem upgraded to 2.0.0.14. Unfortunately the
>problem persists. And the only extension is Talkback 2.0.0.9.)
>
>Also, if an e-mail has an attachment, such as a JPG file, the mere act
>of trying to open the e-mail makes Thunderbird close immediately.
>(Note that this happens so quickly, that it is possible that the
>e-mail is indeed opening, but that something is automatically trying
>to open the attachment, and that act of opening is what causes
>Thunderbird to close itself.)
>
>And if a new e-mail is started, and one tries to add an attachment,
>Thunderbird closes. Also, oddly, under Tools/Options if I try to
>select the heading 'Attachments', Thunderbird closes.
>
>And no matter how many new profiles are created within the original
>identity, they all malfunction similarly.
>
>The only work-around found so far is to create a completely new
>Windows Identity, as though a second person used my computer. Then,
>logging on as that new identity and setting up a new TB account. That
>account works fine. However, I'd like to solve the problem, and not
>have to use a completely new Windows Identity.
>
>BTW, this has been a very tricky problem. A history of it, and
>attempted solutions, can be found at Experts Exchange
>(http://snipurl.com/2ub8x - am not sure whether one must be an EE
>member to view it).
>
>All suggestions will be appreciated.