[Pidgin] #1064: Pidgin encountered errors migrating your settings

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#1064: Pidgin encountered errors migrating your settings
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Reporter:  r.gayler  |       Owner:  datallah                       
    Type:  defect    |      Status:  new                            
Priority:  minor     |   Component:  winpidgin (gtk)                
 Version:  2.0       |    Keywords:  installation migration settings
 Pending:  0         |  
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 Hi,

 I was running Gaim-2.0.0beta6 on a laptop running Windows XP Pro and
 upgraded to Pidgin-2.0.0 .  When I attempted to run Pidgin for the first
 time after the installation I got the error message

 '''Pidgin encountered errors migrating your settings from \\AUMLBRO-
 FS0003\Home$\ross.gayler\Application Data\.gaim to \\AUMLBRO-
 FS0003\Home$\ross.gayler\Application Data\.purple. Please investigate and
 complete the migration by hand. Please report this error at
 http://developer.pidgin.im'''

 and Pidgin exited before starting the user interface.  The same error
 message occurred on subsequent attempts to start or re-install Pidgin.

 I uninstalled Pidgin and installed the debug version, but I can not find
 that it has produced a pidgin.rpt file.  I presume that the error is
 occurring in a separate migration assistant process that crashes before
 the debug version of Pidgin has even started.

 The .gaim and .purple directories mentioned in the error message actually
 live on a LAN but are flagged as being available for use offline on the
 laptop.  I get the same error no matter whether the laptop is working
 online or offline at the time of installation.  The old Gaim installation
 used to work quite happily with this configuration.

 What should I do next to assist diagnosis of this problem?

 Thanks.

 Ross

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