I missed the reply-all on this one. Forwarding for those that actually search the mailing lists.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lee Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Nov 15, 2008 11:12 PM Subject: Re: multiple instances of pidgin / Windows - easier method? To: Geoffrey Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2008/11/15 Geoffrey Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'm running pidgin in windows, I typically use it and just leave it on for hours. But a friend has been staying with and wants to use pidgin instead of some sort of other prog... Problem comes up trying to get multiple working without closing mine first and/or typing the command(s) on my account and his (and that seems only way to do this). I even tried making a batch file and add to group policy to start when user logs in but that still hasn't worked. > > Command I'm using is: "set PIDGIN_MULTI_INST=1″ > > Is there another method to allow this? reg fix, startup option, etc... that's worked for someone else in past > please help, no sure where to go from here > > Thank for time, > Geoff > If he has a separate system account, this shouldn't be happening, and is likely a bug. If so, double check that neither of you have modified the environment variable PURPLEHOME, and/or both have PIDGIN_MULTI_INST set to 1 (but latter shouldn't be neccessary). Otherwise, if you're trying to share a single user account, save something like the following as a .bat file, and use it to start 'your' pidgin. Copy and edit this to launch 'his', making sure to modify the PURPLEHOME [1] line to suit your setup ("C:\altuser\settings", or what have you). Note that this is in no way secure, and you really _should_ use separate system accounts [2]: === set PIDGIN_MULTI_INST=1 set PURPLEHOME=%APPDATA% start "C:\Program Files\Pidgin\pidgin.exe" === Alternative is to create custom shortcuts to pidgin.exe, see -c and -m [3]. [1]: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Pidgin#Whereismy.purpledirectory [2]: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords [3]: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Pidgin#HowdoIrunmultipleinstancesofPidginonWindows -Lee
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