"New Message" Window Fails To Open

When I click on "New Message", no window opens up for me to compose an email. Does anyone know of anything that would cause this? How can I resolve this situation? Do I need to reinstall the program? Thanks for any assistance you can provide.

HI,
Sounds like your Mail preferences are corrupted.
Launch Mail. From the Mac Mail Menu Bar click Mail/Preferences. Make not of all the preferences under each tab. Quit Mac Mail
Go to ~/Library/Preferences and move the com.apple.mail.plist file to the Trash.
The ~ (Tilde) character represents your Home Folder.
Now relaunch Mac Mail and click: New Message.
Carolyn

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