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firefoxExecutable ignored

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Reproduce the Windows 10/64 launch using the supplied Thunderbird configuration, especially the firefoxExecutable and profileDir values. Trace how that configuration selects the executable, then verify that a debug session launches Thunderbird rather than Firefox.

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Description

Trying to get debugging working on Windows 10/64 for Thunderbird extension, but will only launch Firefox. I have tried the path as shown below and "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Mozilla Thunderbird New\\thunderbird.exe"
Here's the config:

		{
			"name": "Thunderbird",
			"type": "firefox",
			"request": "launch",
			"reAttach": true,
			"firefoxExecutable": "C:/Program Files (x86)/Mozilla Thunderbird New/thunderbird.exe",
			"reloadOnChange": {
				"watch": "${workspaceFolder}/*.js",
			},
			"profileDir": "C:/Users/DevWin10/AppData/Roaming/Thunderbird/Profiles/tyyl1700.Test User",
			"keepProfileChanges": true,
			"internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
			"addonPath": "${workspaceFolder}/"
		},
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TypeScript
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