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    From Adrian@3:633/10 to All on Friday, April 03, 2026 23:43:51
    An elderly relative has been in touch about a problem with Thunderbird.
    A permissions window for Gmail has appeared, but it is always bigger
    than the screen, but there appears to be no way of reaching any buttons
    to accept/deny. It seems to be preventing Thunderbird from accessing
    Gmail.

    https://support.google.com/mail/thread/299840209/gmail-permission-window- in-thunderbird-setup-larger-than-screen-impossible-to-scroll-or-move?hl=e
    n-GB

    Sounds very much like the problem, but appears to have been closed
    without any obvious resolution.

    Thunderbird is running on W11 and is the latest version - 140.9.0

    Any suggestions on how to fix the problem ?

    Thanks

    Adrian
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  • From Rich@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, April 04, 2026 03:20:43
    Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> wrote:
    An elderly relative has been in touch about a problem with Thunderbird.
    A permissions window for Gmail has appeared, but it is always bigger
    than the screen, but there appears to be no way of reaching any buttons
    to accept/deny. It seems to be preventing Thunderbird from accessing
    Gmail.

    ...

    Thunderbird is running on W11 and is the latest version - 140.9.0

    Any suggestions on how to fix the problem ?

    Use the keyboard to move the window around until either an edge can be
    found (to then resize with mouse) or until some accept/close/etc.
    button can be found.

    Instructions on moving a window with the keyboard part way down on this
    page here:

    https://www.itechtics.com/move-rearrange-window-keyboard/


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  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, April 04, 2026 03:22:21
    On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 23:43:51 +0100, Adrian wrote:

    A permissions window for Gmail has appeared, but it is always bigger
    than the screen, but there appears to be no way of reaching any
    buttons to accept/deny.

    The usual default shortcut for dragging windows around by any visible
    part is alt-left-button, isn?t it?

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  • From Dave Yeo@3:633/10 to All on Friday, April 03, 2026 20:42:43
    Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:
    On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 23:43:51 +0100, Adrian wrote:

    A permissions window for Gmail has appeared, but it is always bigger
    than the screen, but there appears to be no way of reaching any
    buttons to accept/deny.
    The usual default shortcut for dragging windows around by any visible
    part is alt-left-button, isn?t it?

    ALT-F7, unless MS changed it
    Dave

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  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, April 04, 2026 05:28:11
    On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 03:22:21 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 23:43:51 +0100, Adrian wrote:

    A permissions window for Gmail has appeared, but it is always
    bigger than the screen, but there appears to be no way of reaching
    any buttons to accept/deny.

    The usual default shortcut for dragging windows around by any
    visible part is alt-left-button, isn?t it?

    Alternatively, Alt-F3 brings up a ?More Actions? menu, from which you
    can select operations to perform (e.g. move, resize) entirely from the keyboard.

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  • From Adrian@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, April 04, 2026 12:50:34
    In message <o9$uTTTnKE0pFw5V@ku.gro.lloiff>, Adrian
    <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> writes
    An elderly relative has been in touch about a problem with Thunderbird.
    A permissions window for Gmail has appeared, but it is always bigger
    than the screen, but there appears to be no way of reaching any buttons
    to accept/deny. It seems to be preventing Thunderbird from accessing
    Gmail.

    https://support.google.com/mail/thread/299840209/gmail-permission-window- >in-thunderbird-setup-larger-than-screen-impossible-to-scroll-or-move?hl=e >n-GB

    Sounds very much like the problem, but appears to have been closed
    without any obvious resolution.

    Thunderbird is running on W11 and is the latest version - 140.9.0

    Any suggestions on how to fix the problem ?

    Thanks

    Adrian


    Thanks for the various suggestions (more appreciated).

    I think this is going to need a "site visit" to sort out, which will a
    couple of weeks yet.

    Adrian
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