Hi Daniel, Thank you very much for the emails. Yep, that did it! I deleted that extra GTK directory and it worked fine.
Thanks again for the help! KC On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Daniel Atallah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > 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 >
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