[Pidgin] #11639: Pidgin crashes on load in Windows 7 64-bit

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Wed Apr 7 13:41:20 EDT 2010


#11639: Pidgin crashes on load in Windows 7 64-bit
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 Reporter:  piercepresley          |        Owner:  rekkanoryo     
     Type:  defect                 |       Status:  closed         
Milestone:                         |    Component:  winpidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.6.6                  |   Resolution:  invalid        
 Keywords:  crash Windows7 64-bit  |  
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Comment(by piercepresley):

 Replying to [comment:4 datallah]:
 > This issue is caused by a third party plugin.  We have no control over
 these plugins.  Please report this problem to the authors of this third
 party plugin.[[BR]]It is crashing in the twitter plugin (which is a third
 party plugin and we don't support it).
 >
 > You might try making sure you have the latest version of that plugin.
 >
 > You can prevent the crashing by deleting/moving `C:\Program Files
 (x86)\Pidgin\plugins\libpurple-twitter-protocol.dll`.

 Looking at the log, I kind of thought that might be it. (The trick was
 getting the debug version.) Removing the Twitter plug-in solved the crash.

 Many thanks.

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