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== Symptoms ==
== Symptoms ==


In Windows, when trying to save an email attachment, Thunderbird appears to hang for 10-45 seconds.  It may appear that Thunderbird won't recover, but if you wait long enough, you are presented with a dialog box that lets you choose where to save the file (or the file is saved, if your Thunderbird preferences are set to always save to a specific location.)
In Windows, when trying to save an e-mail attachment, Thunderbird appears to hang for 10-45 seconds.  It may appear that Thunderbird won't recover, but if you wait long enough, you are presented with a dialog box that lets you choose where to save the file (or the file is saved, if your Thunderbird preferences are set to always save to a specific location.)
 


== Solution ==
== Solution ==


Although I am not sure what causes this, it can be corrected by deleting your downloads.rdf file in your profile folder.
This can be caused by a bloated "[[downloads.rdf]]" file in your Thunderbird [[Profile folder - Thunderbird|profile folder]]. Try the following.
# Exit Thunderbird if it is running.
# Recommended: make a temporary [[profile backup|backup]] of your Thunderbird profile folder (or at least of the downloads.rdf file).
# Delete the downloads.rdf file from your profile folder.


== External Links ==  
== External links ==  


*[http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/profile How To Manage Profiles]: which will give you information on locating your profile so you can find the downloads.rdf file.
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239136 Bug 239136]: Thunderbird needs to integrate with the new download manager (fixed as of [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=374949 2006-02-01 trunk builds])
*[http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=310704 Forum article dealing with this issue.]
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=320744 Bug 320744: no way to clear downloads.rdf] (fixed as part of Bug 239136)
* [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=310704 Forum article dealing with this issue]


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Latest revision as of 02:51, 8 June 2007

Symptoms

In Windows, when trying to save an e-mail attachment, Thunderbird appears to hang for 10-45 seconds. It may appear that Thunderbird won't recover, but if you wait long enough, you are presented with a dialog box that lets you choose where to save the file (or the file is saved, if your Thunderbird preferences are set to always save to a specific location.)

Solution

This can be caused by a bloated "downloads.rdf" file in your Thunderbird profile folder. Try the following.

  1. Exit Thunderbird if it is running.
  2. Recommended: make a temporary backup of your Thunderbird profile folder (or at least of the downloads.rdf file).
  3. Delete the downloads.rdf file from your profile folder.

External links