Daniel, I have attempted to fix the problem by switching my default browser between a few of the ones I have installed, but the problem persists. I have tried re-installing, but it seems as though Pidgin remembers something about previous installs... is there a way to fully uninstall and reinstall?
-- Jake Lauer http://jakelauer.com On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Daniel Atallah <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Jake Lauer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > I've been using Pidgin for a long time, but recently a problem has > cropped > > up. I think it might be related to the fact that I switched to Windows 8 > > from Windows 7 recently. Anyway, now, whenever I click on a link of any > kind > > in Pidgin, nothing happens. The link turns red/purple like it's active, > but > > the browser doesn't open. I have to copy the link and paste into a > browser > > to get it to work. Any ideas? > > > There's unfortunately quite a bit of misinformation in the responses > you've gotten so far. > > The browser usage has never been configurable on Windows; Pidgin > simply uses the system browser (and this is known to work on Windows 8 > - there are a few issues with SSL links not opening correctly, but > that's a different issue than what you're reporting). > > The solution to the type of problem that you're seeing is almost > always to reset your default browser in Windows (the best way to do > this is to switch the default browser to another browser and then > back). > > The only other possibility that I can think of is that you're running > Pidgin as a different user than your desktop session (one common way > that this can happen is if you launch Pidgin using the checkbox on the > last step of the installer (the ability to do this has now been remove > to avoid this, and other problems). > > -D >
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