2008/10/20 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > I have found a few items talking about icons not appearing under Windows > Vista (just an X appears instead): > > http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/7041 > http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/2539 > (Note: I'm getting the missing icon issue, but not the crash with Help, > About) > > If I right-click the Pidgin startup icon and select "Run as Administrator", > it works. > > I have had this problem ever since Pidgin 2.4.0 (2.3.1 was the last version > that worked). I have tried every version since 2.4.0 and they all have the > same issue (I have tried Pidgin versions 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.5.1 and > 2.5.2). BUT, if I go back and re-install the GTK 2.12.1 that came with > 2.3.1 and then run the newer Pidgin version install WITHOUT updating GTK, it > works. > > I'm pretty sure the only other application that uses GTK on my machine is > Wireshark and I have made sure it is NOT running. I have tried running the > Pidgin install right after reboots to make sure the file still wasn't it use > for some mysterious reason, but to no avail. > > Any ideas who might be going on?
After talking with another user with a similar issue, it appears that this caused by a stray "gdk-pixbuf.loaders" file in your user's VirtualStore directory. If you search your drive for files called "gdk-pixbuf.loaders", I bet you'll find one in c:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\etc\gtk-2.0 You should be able to delete the c:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0 directory and this problem should stop happening. -D _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [email protected] http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
