Problems with Thunderbird 12

nmaier / mintrayr

Mozilla extension: Minimize windows into the system tray (Firefox, Thunderbird, Seamonkey, Instantbird)

https://tn123.org/mintrayr/

Mozilla Public License 2.0

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Problems with Thunderbird 12 #82

Closed krypt0 closed 12 years ago

krypt0 commented 12 years ago

Hi, most of the functionality of this great addon has been disabled or broken in Thunderbird 12.

Minimize only works when pressing minimize in Thunderbird, regardless of options selected in the addon. So pressing close or x closes Thunderbird instead of minimizing it.
Most of the time the addon fails to minimize Thunderbird to the system tray
Unselecting or selecting what is being watched by the addon doesn't seem to affect anything
New mail icon is displayed every time Thunderbird checks for new mail, even if no new mail is available. This also causes the new mail sound to play and "local folders" in Thunderbird to be highlighted

nmaier commented 12 years ago

I cannot reproduce the issue you're describing. Can you please elaborate on your OS (incl. 32/64bit), list of other extensions and any additional steps to reproduce that might shed some light on this issue.

Also, have you checked that MinTrayR is indeed the culprit and not another add-on? The symptoms you're describing sound suspiciously non-MinTrayR related, as this add-on does not in any way influence, observer or otherwise handle new mails arrivals, nor does it have anything to do with the new message icon... However, other add-ons have the potential to make MinTrayR fail....

krypt0 commented 12 years ago

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Service Pack 1 (latest updates) 32-bit Thunderbird.

Installed addons: Contact Tabs (v1.7) Enigmail (v1.4.1) QuoteCollapse (v0.9)

If I remove the MinTrayR addon. Thunderbird doesn't play the new message -sound when checking for new message nor does it highlight the local folders -folder.

krypt0 commented 12 years ago

I removed MinTrayR, rebooted Thunderbird, removed everything MinTrayR related from about:config, Rebooted Thunderbird, installed MinTrayR and now the "local folders" -folder doesn't get highlighted when new mail is being checked by Thunderbird. There was a LOT of trash attributes left by previous versions of MinTrayR and even the original MinTray.

New issues:

Thunderbird doesn't minimize to system tray by minimize/close (those only close/minimize thunderbird). Only way it will minimize is by menu or pressing F9.
Thunderbird fails to minimize to system tray if it is first minimized by menu/F9 and then maximized from docked icon or desktop icon.

EDIT: If this works on a clean installation/profile for Thunderbird, then it's an issue with the general attributes the addon is using in about:config, as in other than it's own. Those have either been altered over time or by some other addon that has been updated recently.

nmaier commented 12 years ago

Can you please try the following:

Create a new profile:
- Copy and paste the following into the search box of the start menu: "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -p
- Follow the wizard dialog to create a new profile. (Your existing data won't be touched unless you explicitly delete the old profile)
- Select that new profile and start Thunderbird (still from that window)
- This stuff is also outlined here (replace Firefox with Thunderbird): http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Managing-profiles
Install MinTrayR into that new profile
Test and report back the results
You can switch back to your old profile with the same command from above, then selecting the old profile in that wizard dialog.

nmaier commented 12 years ago

PS: I meant to ask: Do you use AERO GLASS or a basic theme?

krypt0 commented 12 years ago

I managed to fix the issue and everything works perfectly now.

For some reason all the extension attributes were user defined attributes for MinTrayR and all other addons. Restoring the default for any of them made them null and they got deleted on Thunderbird reboot. Too bad Thunderbird doesn't let me show what attributes I changed recently so I don't know which attribute exactly caused this to happen in the first place.

I do know that xpinstall.whitelist.add was user defined and blank, restored it to default, did the same for a bunch of other attributes that were user defined for no apparent reason, reinstalled MinTrayR and now it works.

I use the Aero Glass theme if that's important information. I'll close the ticket as I am unable provide any more information on the subject. I should have made a backup of my profile before attempting to (successfully) fix the issue to locate the culprit :(

nmaier commented 12 years ago

Glad it worked out for you.