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

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#4039: Pidgin running without window in WinXP
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  Reporter:  digitalranger    |       Owner:  datallah                          
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                               
  Priority:  minor            |   Milestone:                                    
 Component:  winpidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.2.2                             
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  pidgin, gtk, window, XP, no-window
   Pending:  1                |  
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Changes (by digitalranger):

  * pending:  1 => 0

Comment:

 Thanks,
 I went to my %APPDATA%/.purple/ directory and found there was no prefs.xml
 file.

 To investigate further, I ran "Pidgin -d" and this was my output:


 {{{
 C:\Program Files\Pidgin>Could not open reg subkey: SOFTWARE\GTK\2.0
 Error: (2) The system cannot find the file specified.

 GTK+ path found: C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin
 Using SetDllDirectory
 Setting locale: LANG=en
 (12:21:02) wpurple: shfolder.dll not already loaded; loading it...
 (12:21:02) wpurple: This version of shfolder.dll contains SHGetFolderPathW
 (12:21:02) wpurple: Purple settings dir: C:\Documents and
 Settings\[username]\Application Data
 (12:21:03) winpidgin: winpidgin_init start
 (12:21:03) wspell: Found Aspell in C:\Program Files\Aspell\bin
 (12:21:03) wpurple: libgtkspell.dll not already loaded; loading it...
 (12:21:03) wpurple: This version of libgtkspell.dll contains
 gtkspell_new_attach
 (12:21:03) wpurple: This version of libgtkspell.dll contains
 gtkspell_get_from_text_view
 (12:21:03) wpurple: This version of libgtkspell.dll contains
 gtkspell_detach
 (12:21:03) wpurple: This version of libgtkspell.dll contains
 gtkspell_set_language
 (12:21:03) wpurple: This version of libgtkspell.dll contains
 gtkspell_recheck_all
 (12:21:03) winpidgin: GTK+ :2.12.1
 (12:21:03) wpurple: This version of user32.dll contains FlashWindowEx
 (12:21:03) winpidgin: winpidgin_init end
 (12:21:03) wpurple: wpurple_init start
 (12:21:03) wpurple: libpurple version: 2.2.2
 (12:21:03) wpurple: Glib:2.14.2
 (12:21:03) wpurple: wpurple_init end
 (12:21:03) prefs: Reading C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application
 Data\.purple\prefs.xml
 (12:21:03) prefs: Reading C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
 Data\purple\prefs.xml
 (12:21:03) prefs: Error reading prefs: Failed to open file 'C:\Documents
 and Settings\All Users\Application Data\purple\prefs.xml': No such file or
 dir
 (12:21:03) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\autoaccept.dll
 (12:21:03) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\buddynote.dll
 (12:21:03) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\convcolors.dll
 (12:21:03) plugins: probing C:\Program
 Files\Pidgin\plugins\extplacement.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program
 Files\Pidgin\plugins\gtkbuddynote.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\history.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\iconaway.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\idle.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\joinpart.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libaim.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libbonjour.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libgg.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libicq.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libirc.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libmsn.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libmyspace.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libnovell.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libqq.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program
 Files\Pidgin\plugins\libsametime.dll
 (12:21:04) plugins: C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libsametime.dll has a
 prefs_info, but is a prpl. This is no longer supported.
 (12:21:04) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libsilc.dll
 (12:21:05) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libsimple.dll
 (12:21:05) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libxmpp.dll
 (12:21:05) util: Reading file xmpp-caps.xml from directory C:\Documents
 and Settings\[username]\Application Data\.purple
 (12:21:05) util: File C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application
 Data\.purple\xmpp-caps.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an
 error)
 (12:21:05) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libyahoo.dll
 (12:21:05) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\log_reader.dll
 (12:21:05) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\markerline.dll
 (12:21:05) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\newline.dll
 (12:21:05) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\notify.dll
 (12:21:05) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\offlinemsg.dll
 (12:21:05) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\perl.dll
 (12:21:05) plugins: C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\perl.dll is not
 loadable: The specified module could not be found.
 (12:21:05) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\pidginrc.dll
 (12:21:05) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\psychic.dll
 (12:21:05) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\relnot.dll
 (12:21:05) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\spellchk.dll
 (12:21:05) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\ssl-nss.dll
 (12:21:06) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\ssl.dll
 (12:21:06) plugins: probing C:\Program
 Files\Pidgin\plugins\statenotify.dll
 (12:21:06) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\tcl.dll
 (12:21:06) wpurple: Could not open reg key 'HKLM' subkey
 'SOFTWARE\ActiveState\ActiveTcl\'.
 Message: (2) The system cannot find the file specified.
 (12:21:06) wpurple: Could not open reg key 'HKCU' subkey
 'SOFTWARE\ActiveState\ActiveTcl\'.
 Message: (2) The system cannot find the file specified.
 (12:21:06) tcl: Unable to detect ActiveTCL installation. If you wish to
 use TCL plugins, install ActiveTCL from http://www.activestate.com
 (12:21:06) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\ticker.dll
 (12:21:06) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\timestamp.dll
 (12:21:06) plugins: probing C:\Program
 Files\Pidgin\plugins\timestamp_format.dll
 (12:21:06) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\win2ktrans.dll
 (12:21:06) plugins: probing C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\winprefs.dll
 (12:21:06) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline changed, scheduling save.
 (12:21:06) prefs: /purple/status/scores/available changed, scheduling
 save.
 (12:21:06) prefs: /purple/status/scores/invisible changed, scheduling
 save.
 (12:21:06) prefs: /purple/status/scores/away changed, scheduling save.
 (12:21:06) prefs: /purple/status/scores/extended_away changed, scheduling
 save.
 (12:21:06) prefs: /purple/status/scores/idle changed, scheduling save.
 (12:21:06) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline_msg changed, scheduling
 save.
 (12:21:06) util: Reading file accounts.xml from directory C:\Documents and
 Settings\[username]\Application Data\.purple
 (12:21:06) util: File C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application
 Data\.purple\accounts.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an
 error)
 (12:21:06) util: Reading file status.xml from directory C:\Documents and
 Settings\[username]\Application Data\.purple
 (12:21:06) util: File C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application
 Data\.purple\status.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an error)
 (12:21:06) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, singleuse requested but
 not found.
 (12:21:06) certificate: CertificateVerifier singleuse registered
 (12:21:06) certificate: CertificatePool x509, ca requested but not found.
 (12:21:06) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 requested but not found.
 (12:21:06) certificate/x509/ca: Lazy init failed because an X.509 Scheme
 is not yet registered. Maybe it will be better later.
 (12:21:06) certificate/x509/ca: Init failed, probably because a dependency
 is not yet registered. It has been deferred to later.
 (12:21:06) certificate: CertificatePool ca registered
 (12:21:06) certificate: CertificatePool x509, tls_peers requested but not
 found.
 (12:21:06) certificate: CertificatePool tls_peers registered
 (12:21:06) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, tls_cached requested but
 not found.
 (12:21:06) certificate: CertificateVerifier tls_cached registered
 (12:21:06) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save.
 (12:21:06) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save.
 (12:21:06) network: found network '83.100.193.150'
 (12:21:06) wpurple: This version of ws2_32.dll contains WSANSPIoctl
 }}}

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