Multiple thunderbird Icons in System Tray(Windows 7) & TaskBar

Is this some new "feature" for thunderbird 8? When I start thunderbird it starts by opening thunderbird. Once it is loading thunderbird it loads another 6 thunderbirds.

The windows are called

Mozilla Thunderbird 
Inbox - myEmail@gmail.com - Mozilla Thuderbird
Inbox - AotherEmail@gmail.com - Mozilla Thuderbird
Inbox - AotherEmail2@gmail.com - Mozilla Thuderbird
Inbox - AotherEmail2@gmail.com - Mozilla Thuderbird  (yes it repeats the same one a few times)
Inbox - AotherEmail2@gmail.com - Mozilla Thuderbird

I have 7 email accounts but for whatever reason it only made 3 windows. What happened to the one window? When I minimize to tray I got 4 of thunderbird icons.

When closing one of them all of the close.

My other windows 7(32 bit not 64 bit) only have one instance.

chobo2

Posted 2011-09-21T15:57:08.583

Reputation: 1 829

Answers

Disable "MinimizeToTray Plus" in "Tools -> Add-Ons"
Exit Thunderbird (Make sure the process is not running)
Start Thunderbird. Thunderbird should be running without the MinimizeToTray Plus add-on.
Close one of the MinimizeToTray Plus windows.
Re-enable the "MinimizeToTray Plus" add-on
Exit and restart Thunderbird.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Run_multiple_copies_of_Thunderbird_at_the_same_time

Radoslav

Posted 2011-09-21T15:57:08.583

Reputation: 76

Works also in Linux – Marcin – 2018-04-20T05:09:42.990

I don't know why minimizing to tray is such a big deal, just make it a standard feature Mozilla. We've been down this road so many times now. – Adamantus – 2019-03-11T14:01:37.120

I think this may have worked. I will accept this answer in a few days. I want to give it a couple days(and do restarts and shutdowns) to make sure it does not come back. – chobo2 – 2012-09-06T18:56:45.267

1hmmm it starting to come back again(it loads 2 up now). Is there a way to permanently stop multiple copes of thunderbird to run? – chobo2 – 2012-09-11T21:19:25.573

It may be a new feature, integrating into the Windows 7 Taskbar better. It looks like each window will show you a mailbox.

Looking at the release notes for 6.0 it shows that they included support for Windows 7 Jumplists.

Sandeep Bansal

Posted 2011-09-21T15:57:08.583

Reputation: 6 168

Hmm. I wonder why then it does not do all my email account if that is the account. It is missing 3 of them. Any way to merge back all into one? – chobo2 – 2011-09-23T15:47:19.200

I also want to add that my other computers(that have the latest version of thunderbird and have windows 7) do not do this. – chobo2 – 2011-10-19T15:49:22.833