Sorry to be a bother, but does anyone have more info on this? -- Jake Lauer http://jakelauer.com
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Jake Lauer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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