I just managed to reinstall without any settings being saved by removing the .purple folder from my AppData files. With a clean, brand new installation, the problem still persists.
-- Jake Lauer http://jakelauer.com On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Jake Lauer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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