pidgin messes up my desktop

[Daniel Atallah]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:29, Neil Carter <bigfootnlc at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is probably something very simple, but so far I've been unable to find
> any settings to modify this behavior.
>
> When loading Pidgin it completely re-arranges the icons on my desktop and
> that HAS to stop!

You haven't really described what is happening, but my best guess is
(assuming you're on Windows) that you're using the docking
functionality.

Unload the "Windows Pidgin Options" plugin or disable docking in the
plugin's options pane.

-D