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Changes between Version 17 and Version 18 of TipsForBugReports


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Timestamp:
Sep 14, 2008, 3:22:02 AM (15 years ago)
Author:
phroggie
Comment:

Vista dumps pidgin.rpt to a virtualstore folder

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  • TipsForBugReports

    v17 v18  
    1212= Windows Users =
    1313== What to do if Pidgin crashes ==
    14 [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=230234 Download and install the debug version of Pidgin for Windows.] The next time you run Pidgin and it crashes, the call stack will be dumped to a `pidgin.RPT` file in your Pidgin install directory (usually `C:\Program Files\Pidgin`). When submitting a bug report, give a detailed description on how to reproduce your bug and attach the most recent crash dump from your `pidgin.RPT`.  Note that each new crash dump will '''''append''''' to the file, not overwrite, so the file may grow to be quite large if you let it accumulate.
     14[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=230234 Download and install the debug version of Pidgin for Windows.] The next time you run Pidgin and it crashes, the call stack will be dumped to a `pidgin.RPT` file in your Pidgin install directory (usually `C:\Program Files\Pidgin`). Vista users, check for it in `%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Pidgin`. When submitting a bug report, give a detailed description on how to reproduce your bug and attach the most recent crash dump from your `pidgin.RPT`.  Note that each new crash dump will '''''append''''' to the file, not overwrite, so the file may grow to be quite large if you let it accumulate.
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    1616The Microsoft Windows `"Error Report"` isn't useful in any way; please '''''do not''''' include it in the bug report.
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