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(In reply to winkelement from comment #26)
> (In reply to Alexander from comment #25)
> > I'm sorry to report that deleting the global-messages-db.sqlite did not work for me :-(
> > Deleted it, then deleted the Thunderbird app in 'Programs', then copied the new TB 68.4.1 into 'Programs', restarted, and it was stuck in the status above. I'm running Mac OS 10.14.6.
> > Reinstalling 60.0 (the last one I have at hand) and everything starts fine, global-messages-db.sqlite is being rebuilt as stated above.
> > I noticed the file store.json.mozlz4 in the 'crashes' folder; if it helps I can upload it as well...
> > Would be great if this is fixed, obviously I'm missing out on all the recet security fixes...
> 
> Can you open the console.app (Konsole), filter for thunderbird and try to start TB 68.4.1 again and see if there are errors? Noticing all *.sqlite files seem 0 KB in size. Looks similar to the issue i reported bug 1609050.
> Somehow TB 68.x can't open/write sqlite db files?

The console.app reports 'directory services are not configured', I attach another screenshot.

I can report that the Windows version (through Parallels Desktop) 68.4.1. has no issues opening the profile, although connecting to the mail servers is terribly slow (a few minutes) which may be due to the virtual machine (or Windows or whatever).  However, after I did access my profile through Windows, even the TB 60.0 Mac does not start anymore (Windows still doing fine). I consider copying back my "old" profile (which worked with 60.0 Mac). Sad, after many years of few (if any) issues with TB...