Xander Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Xander Harris wrote: > > (Posted this on Wishlist): > > > > Hi! > > > > I have a problem with Mozilla Mail and the Sidebar. I hope someone > > can help me out. The problem is as follows: > > > > When I open Mozilla Mail(0.9.8) and click on the Sidebar, nothing > > comes up. I have to Hide then Unhide the SideBar before being able to > > see it. I only choose the Address Book as the tab. After resizing the > > Sizebar to my liking, I exited Mozilla Mail. When I reopen it, the > > Sidebar is gone. Agaian, I have to Hide/Unhide to get the Sidebar back. > > It seems that Mozilla Mail couldn't remember the Sidebar being open on > > my PC. I tried with Netscape 6.2 and it works! > > > I found the solution to this problem of mine. Anyone who has the same > problem can fix it this way: > > 1)Locate a file called localstore.rdf(In Win2K/XP, it'll be somewhere > under C:\Documents and Settings\Application > Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\...) > > 2)Open it and ensure that this statement exists(The height is up to you): > <RDF:Description > about="chrome://messenger/content/messenger.xul#sidebar-panels-splitter-box" > hidden="false" height="290" /> > > 3)Save the file. Then, open Mozilla Mail and open up the Sidebar if it > isn't already showing. > > 4)Exit Mozilla Mail and all should be fine. > > > Hope this helps!
Thanks but it does not work on my machine. (Win98SE) I have to do the following to let sidebar appear. 1. Open Mozilla/News 2. View->Sidebar (Disable it) 3. View->Sidebar (Enable it) After this 3 steps the sidebar appear. I have to do this every opening MozillaMail/News. Very inconvenient.
