[Pidgin] #3849: I get this message "An error was encountered reading your buddy list. They have not been loaded, and the old file has been renamed to C:\Documents and Settings\*******\Application Data\.purple\blist.xml~."

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#3849: I get this message "An error was encountered reading your buddy list.  They
have not been loaded, and the old file has been renamed to C:\Documents and
Settings\*******\Application Data\.purple\blist.xml~."
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  Reporter:  mathcathy        |       Owner:  datallah
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  minor            |   Milestone:          
 Component:  winpidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.2.2   
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:          
   Pending:  1                |  
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Changes (by mathcathy):

  * pending:  1 => 0

Comment:

 Every time I open Pidgin, it opens with two contact groups which it names
 "Friends". One contains all but two of my contacts, the other holds the
 remaining two. When I close Pidgin, it saves the two groups to blist.xml,
 using the codes <group name='Friends'> and <group name='u&#x5;Friends'>,
 the second of which is the corruption in the xml file.

 I have tried moving the contacts into the Friends group (where I want
 them) and then deleting the group and I have simply deleted the group,
 including the contacts. I have also tried removing the buddies from my
 friends list entirely and then deleting the redundant group.

 With all these attempts, Pidgin opens without the error message on the
 next opening, but also restores the duplicate friend group with its two
 contacts and then saves a corrupt xml file the next time I close it. The
 next time it opens, I get the above error and all the aliases and
 orderings that I have added to my friends list have been removed.

 Renaming the second Friends group has removed the error message
 altogether, Pidgin is no longer saving a corrupt xml file, but it will
 still not allow me to move the two contacts out of the group which I do
 not want them to be in, or to delete the unwanted group.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/3849#comment:2>
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