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How can I change order of folders in my inbox list?

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My Thunderbird email folders used to be in alphabetical order but got re-arranged. Dragging and dropping doesn't seem to be working. How do I put them back as they were?

My Thunderbird email folders used to be in alphabetical order but got re-arranged. Dragging and dropping doesn't seem to be working. How do I put them back as they were?

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Standard Windows shortcuts. control+a = select all

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Go to the add-ons tab Click on Extensions Type Manually Sort Folders in the search box Install that.

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Thanks so much for your help. That solved some of the problem, but two folders had gotten positioned as subfolders. I need to make them main folders again and then position them. The add-on is not able to reposition subfolders. Any other thoughts?

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If the add-on will not move them and drag and drop does not work I am not sure what else you can do.

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Is there a way to "Select All" the emails in a folder, so I can move them all at once to a new folder and then just delete the folder that's out of place?

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Standard Windows shortcuts. control+a = select all

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That did it. Problem overcome. Thanks very much.