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Re: Why two copies?

From Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject Re: Why two copies?
Date 2026-06-25 13:37 -0400
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On 6/25/2026 1:27 PM, Jim the Geordie wrote:
> Looking for something else in my windows 10 Programs and features, I 
> notice that I appear to have two copies of Betterbird (x64 en-US), both 
> are version 140.12.0. One of them is 566Mb and the other 288 Mb.
> Reason?
> Solution?
> 
> 
Reason: unknown to me.  Solution:  back up profile, delete both copies
in full (might want to use something like revo uninstaller to uninstall
in order to remove some remaining "crumbs"), reboot, load fresh clean
copy of 140.12.0 and restore profile from backup copy.

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Why two copies? Jim the Geordie <jim@geordieland.com> - 2026-06-25 18:27 +0100
  Re: Why two copies? Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid> - 2026-06-25 13:37 -0400
    Re: Why two copies? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-06-26 02:21 +0800
    Re: Why two copies? Jim the Geordie <Jim@geordieland.com> - 2026-06-26 10:48 +0100
      Re: Why two copies? Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid> - 2026-06-26 13:23 -0400
      Re: Why two copies? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-26 18:38 +0100
        Re: Why two copies? Jim the Geordie <Jim@geordieland.com> - 2026-06-26 20:38 +0100
          Re: Why two copies? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-26 21:22 +0100
            Re: Why two copies? Jim the Geordie <Jim@geordieland.com> - 2026-06-26 23:52 +0100
    Re: Why two copies? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-06-26 15:59 +0200
      Re: Why two copies? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-26 18:48 +0100
        Re: Why two copies? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-06-27 13:16 +0200
  Re: Why two copies? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-06-25 18:55 +0100
  Re: Why two copies? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-25 17:27 -0400

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