[Pidgin] #4039: Pidgin running without window in WinXP

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Fri Nov 23 13:14:08 EST 2007


#4039: Pidgin running without window in WinXP
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 Reporter:  digitalranger                       |       Type:  defect
   Status:  new                                 |   Priority:  minor 
Component:  pidgin (gtk)                        |    Version:  2.2.2 
 Keywords:  pidgin, gtk, window, XP, no-window  |    Pending:  0     
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 I've been trying to get Pidgin 2.2.2 to run in Windows XP Home SP2
 without success.

 If I execute the Pidgin .exe file, it loads and is visible in Task
 Manager. Although there is no taskbar entry or system tray. Furthermore,
 the process cannot be killed, which prevents any other instances from
 running. I tried to kill the process with the Windows app Process
 Explorer, although this couldn't kill it either and when I tried to
 bring Pidgin to the front, Process Explorer reported that the
 application had no window.

 I have tried running the debug version of Pidgin although no RTP file
 was created (since I guess as far as Pidgin was concerned nothing was
 wrong, which suggests a GTK problem).

 I also have the Windows version of GIMP installed, incase this caused a
 conflict I also installed the latest version of GIMP (2.4) so that I
 would get the most upto date GTK runtime, although that hasn't changed
 my Pidgin problem.

 I would really like to use Pidgin, but I cannot out figure out this
 problem.

 Please help.
 David Gilson

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4039>
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