Hi,
I have been using Thunderbird for years wityhout the problems you mention. As I don't know what you have already tried,here are some suggestions. Download the latest version of TBird and save it somewhere handy.Install it if you are not using the latest version.

Some time ago I heard there were problems using speech with the 64 bit version so I use the 32 bit version on my 64 bit system whithout any dramas.

Remove or turn off the Thunderbird  app.  It works well without it.

Get a pair of eyes to check out the screen while loading and also while in Thunderbird to see if there is some message or other blocking the screen.

If all fails,save the existing Profile folder elsewhere just for safe keeping. You could just rename the three files or folders if desired.


use the Mozilla backup utility to save the Profile contents without backing up the emails. This will reduce the size of the file dramatically and hopefully get rid of problems. Regardless of what you do, the Profile folder continues to grow. Recently mine grew to 6 g b after years of use and after the Mozilla backup utility was used, it fell down to under 20 mb.

If you have got nowhere with your problem, then un-installTB and make sure the profile folder is gone. i.e. user, appdata, roaming, Thunderbird.

Reboot your system.

Then using the TB programme copy you downloaded previously, install TB creating a new empty Profile folder. Run the Mozilla backup utility which will prompt for the previously backed up file. This file contains all your email settings etc. If you are not sure about which setting to check or uncheck when making the backup, then make a few backup files with different settings.

Remember, I suggested you backup the Profile folder earlier in case something goes wrong.


HTH
Neville.



On 11/11/2016 3:20 PM, Jed Barton via Talk wrote:
Hey guys,

I can not take this thunderbird problem any more.  It is completely and
utterly unacceptable, it totally baffles me why this is happening.
Thunderbird has some very serious issues.  it is costing me many hours
throughout the course of a week, because the stupi program can't even
focus on a message i am typing.
Does anyone have a clue, any clue at all?  It's not acceptable at all,
totally inexcusable why a simple email program isn't focusing.  I
shouldn't have to shift tab and tab to re-focus the window at all.
Has anyone gotten it work work somewhat reliably?  I am using
window-eyes the latest version, windows 10 and the latest
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