Pidgin account configuration

[David Balažic]

Wouldn't it be simpler to just put it into "All Users" ?
(note: did not test it)

Regards,
David Balažic

> From: Support [mailto:support-bounces at pidgin.im] On Behalf Of Constantine
> Sent: 16. October 2017 20:31
> To: Rich Allcorn <rich at allcorn.us>; Alejandro GC <alexgodar at hotmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: Pidgin account configuration [dkim]
> 
> Alejandro, oh, gosh, I've got it backwards.
> 
> Well, not with pidgin native tools, but you can do it. What you need, is to create a symlink for all Windows accounts that would point to a
> single pidgin configuration directory. Probably, you'll also want to set a small script to run every time a new Windows user is created, which
> would create the symlink for that new user.
> 
> On 16.10.2017 19:38, Rich Allcorn wrote:
> > It is not going to work that way ...
> > Each user has their own profile and user account.
> > If you want this to be the same, you have use a general login account
> > for all users to use.
> >
> > You can set up the Pidgin, and copy the “profile template” to the
> > “Default” profile, and hope that it will populate to each new user
> > account, but I have not proven this with the new Windoz v10 yet.
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> > On Oct 16, 2017, at 07:23, Alejandro GC <alexgodar at hotmail.com
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> >> Hi! I have to manage a pidgin account in a high school and I'm trying
> >> to figure it out how to create a single pidgin account and no matters
> >> what session I open in the same windows computer the pidgin account
> >> will be the same in one user or another.
> >>
> >> Lets say I create with the windows user "A" and a pidgin account
> >> named "ABCD", I want if I open a new windows session with the user
> >> "A", "B", "C" or "D" in the same computer, the pidgin account openned
> >> will be "ABCD" but I want to do it automatically because is a high
> >> school and a lot of people use the same computer, I dont want to open
> >> session with a user and go to pidgin to open the "ABCD" session.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for your time and best regards.
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