Run email reader doesn't launch Thunderbird [SOLVED]

[phrab]

I have 2 computers: WinXP SP-3 & Win 10...both with the latest Thunderbird. I just installed Thunderbird on my Win 10 computer. I went to Sandboxie>Show window>sandbox>Default box>Sandbox settings>Forced Folders & added "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird" to the list. Also, under the settings>Applications, I checked Thunderbird (which is my default email reader). I restarted Win 10.

1) At first, when I downloaded emails from both my gmail & roadrunner accounts, the gmail emails disappeared after closing Thunderbird & deleting contents of Sandboxie. I think I solved that when I added the Forced Folder above, but I'm not sure. If anyone knows what I did wrong, please tell me.

2) When I right click on Sandboxie & choose Default box>run email reader, it launches Google Chrome, just like it does if I choose "run web browser" & I don't know why. I want it to launch Thunderbird...the way it does on my WinXP machine. Can someone tell me how to do this?

Thank you in advance,
Phil

[Barb@Invincea]

Hello phrab,

Please follow these steps in order to properly setup/test your email client:
Setup: https://www.sandboxie.com/ApplicationsSettings#email
Test: https://www.sandboxie.com/TestEmailConfiguration

Regarding launching Chrome instead of Thunderbird, please check what's the default email application listed for Windows 10 (Click Start --> Type "default app settings" , ensure Thunderbird is listed under Email).

Regards,
Barb.-

[phrab]

Well, that was easy! Thank you so much!! I feel like such an idiot.

[phrab]

Hello phrab,

Please follow these steps in order to properly setup/test your email client:

Test: https://www.sandboxie.com/TestEmailConfiguration

Regards,
Barb.-

Spoke a little too soon. I followed the above steps to test my email program (which is now the default & which Sandboxie will launch thank you). The steps said to create message & not send it, & then delete the sandbox & see if the drafts were still there.

However, Thunderbird doesn't keep a draft until you click "Save". If I did click "save", then deleting the sandbox didn't delete the saved draft. If I didn't click "Save", then there were no drafts when I deleted the sandbox. Just wanted to make sure that I had tested it correctly. Perhaps the instructions at the link above should add:

Run your email program sandboxed under Sandboxie. (You can use the Run Email Reader command from the Tray Icon Menu of Sandboxie Control.)
Compose a test draft message to yourself. Don't send it.
[Save the draft]. This is the instruction that I would add.
Quit your email program. If your email program suggests to send the test message, disregard the suggestion.