Whatever was the case, I am glad you got it all fixed.
For a later time, you might want to keep in mind the suggested approach, that someone else gave you. The Filter-stuff, is normally turned on with Ctrl-K. To get it turned off, you go to the View-menu of Thunderbird, by hitting Alt-V. In here, go to Toolbars, hit Right-Arrow, and arrow your way down to the Filter setting. It likely will be Checked, causing the filter screen to come up. Never understood what filtering it would do, or why it by default is turned on when you install Thunderbird. But all you have to do, once focused on the setting in the Toolbar-menu, is to press Enter. The menu will close, the Filtering will be turned off, and you will be acting as normal. Furthermore, when in a screen of Thunderbird, and you want to get out of it, it might be worth trying either the Ctrl-W, or even the F6. First one will attempt to close your current tab, the latter will attempt jumping between different screen sections of the program. All quite standard keystrokes, that you will know from other software. As for your tiredness and feeling overrun by medication, I am afraid there is little Thunderbird can do about that, other than causing you further issues. Smiles. Glad you got the TB issue fixed, and let's hope it will stay there for the near future. I have the latest version here, and seem to have no other than the normal operation with the program. Hope you get well soon. On 12/17/2017 3:35 PM, Larry Higgins via Talk wrote: > Hey Tom and all who have tried to help. > > > It looks like I may have fixed this problem in a rather unexpected way. > > > When I would try to close any of the windows representing a session of > TB, I was getting the impression that these windows weren't actually > shutting, because when returning to the desktop, and pressing alt-tab, > I would see other windows that were actually opened at the same time, > all of them TBe session windows. > > > You will recall that I took to going to task manager to shut down TB > when it appeared that these windows weren't shutting on their own. But > again, it turns out that for some reason that other sessions > previously loaded hadn't shut. I don't know how many days this went > on, but after going to the task viewer and closing them individually > from there, all of my issues seemed to have disappeared, or lets hope > so anyway. > > > This one just seemed to be to weird for words, but it now seems to be > resolved. > > > Again, thanks for all of your > > suggestions. They definitely seemed logical enough, but apparently > logic just didn't apply here <g>. > > All of you have a great day, and thanks again, > > Larry > On 12/17/2017 7:19 AM, Tom Kingston via Talk wrote: >> I have no idea why the message filter dialog would pop up every time >> you open TB. But have you tried closing that window with Control-W? >> Just a guess. >> Regards, >> Tom >> >> >> On 12/17/2017 6:26 AM, Larry Higgins via Talk wrote: >>> Yes Nick, and that is just what I have been forced to do. However, I >>> still have this issue where TB refuses to close on its own, making >>> it necessary to go to the task manager. >>> >>> >>> I guess the only reason I really find this filter thing so annoying >>> is that nothing I do seems to satisfy. I cannot use the keyboard >>> option to accept the invitation to let it do its thing, whatever >>> that is. I don't see any messages that it apparently needs to filter >>> either, and I don't think I've been missing anything. This is just >>> very unusual behavior. It even takes longer for TB to load since >>> I've returned home. >>> >>> >>> I don't remember what my previous version number was, so don't think >>> I can determine if I have been updated or what. I'm just hoping that >>> if I haven't, that a later update wont reveal new accessibility >>> issues, like unto Firefox, but so far, none of those that I can >>> presently see. >>> >>> >>> Thanks Nick for at least helping me think this thing through. But >>> who knows, maybe this little issue will just suddenly disappear. And >>> it may be something I do, but I wont even be able to guess what it >>> was <grin>. >>> >>> >>> On 12/17/2017 3:39 AM, Nick Sarames via Talk wrote: >>>> I probably don't do as much with TBird as you do, but if you can >>>> get to >>>> your inbox (for example), can't you ignore the filters option? >>>> >>>> On 12/17/2017 4:35 AM, Larry Higgins via Talk wrote: >>>>> Well Nick, no problem finding my inbox, but the filter thing, as >>>>> well as >>>>> this annoyance of not being able to close TD just will not go >>>>> away. At >>>>> least there is that usual faithful remedy of the task manager. It >>>>> seems >>>>> to work every time. Only wish I had a shortcut directly to the TB >>>>> option >>>>> without having to wait for the manager to open <grin>. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The only other problem approaching this one was when I was being told >>>>> that messages were being considered as junk. That time, if I remember >>>>> correctly, just pressing F8 got rid of that one. Something to do with >>>>> the preview pane, or whatever that is called. Sorry, I'm half asleep, >>>>> and my meds seem to be having their effect <smile>. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 12/17/2017 2:58 AM, Nick Sarames via Talk wrote: >>>>>> I've had this occasionally. Usually I tab around (frantically) >>>>>> until I >>>>>> can find my inbox. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 12/16/2017 5:41 PM, Larry Higgins via Talk wrote: >>>>>>> Hey listers, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Since spending four days in the hospital after dropping the DTBM >>>>>>> on my >>>>>>> foot, something has started to happen with my Thunderbird that >>>>>>> is not >>>>>>> helping with my recuperation. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For some reason, I keep getting a box that seems to ask me if I >>>>>>> wish to >>>>>>> filter some messages with the key commands of ctrl-shift-k, but >>>>>>> it is in >>>>>>> an edit box that I cannot move around in, and for some reason, >>>>>>> maybe >>>>>>> related to this, it is making it impossible to close TB as a Window >>>>>>> using F4. Therefore, I have to use the task manager to shut down >>>>>>> TB. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Could it be that TB has been updated since I've been away, and now >>>>>>> presenting me with these new issues? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Well,my foot is really starting to hurt again, so I'd better >>>>>>> sign out >>>>>>> and hope that one of you can help me out of this rather >>>>>>> irritating mess. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any help will surely be greatly appreciated, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Larry >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those >>>>>>> of the >>>>>>> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For membership options, visit >>>>>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/nicksarames%40msn.com. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For subscription options, visit >>>>>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>>>>>> List archives can be found at >>>>>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of >>>>>> the >>>>>> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >>>>>> >>>>>> For membership options, visit >>>>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/larryhiggins22%40comcast.net. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> For subscription options, visit >>>>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>>>>> List archives can be found at >>>>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >>>>> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >>>>> >>>>> For membership options, visit >>>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/nicksarames%40msn.com. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> For subscription options, visit >>>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>>>> List archives can be found at >>>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of >>>> the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >>>> >>>> For membership options, visit >>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/larryhiggins22%40comcast.net. >>>> >>>> >>>> For subscription options, visit >>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>>> List archives can be found at >>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of >>> the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >>> >>> For membership options, visit >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/tom.kingston%40charter.net. >>> >>> >>> For subscription options, visit >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>> List archives can be found at >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/larryhiggins22%40comcast.net. >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/trailerdavid%40hotmail.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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