Yes, this is for normal HTTP links. The debug window shows this when I click on a link:
(11:16:26) winpidgin: Error opening URI: http://google.com error: 5 -- Jake Lauer http://jakelauer.com On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Daniel Atallah <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Jake Lauer <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > There's nothing related to the browser in the configuration, so it > isn't really surprising that blowing away the configuration wouldn't > have any effect. > > What kind of links are these? Are they "normal" http://... links or > something else? > > What does the debug log (Help->Debug Window) say when you click on one > of these links (you need to have the window open at the time the event > occurs for it to have any effect)? > > > -D > > > > > 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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