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Changes between Version 19 and Version 20 of TipsForBugReports


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Timestamp:
Dec 22, 2008, 4:01:34 PM (15 years ago)
Author:
darkrain42
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UAC disabled = the user can write to %PROGRAMFILES%.

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  • TipsForBugReports

    v19 v20  
    1515 * Download and install [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=230234  the debug version of Pidgin for Windows].
    1616 * 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`).
    17    * '''Vista users:''' check for it in `%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Pidgin`.
     17   * '''Vista users:''' If you are running with UAC enabled (or don't know what that statement means), check for it in `%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Pidgin`. If you have UAC disabled, it will be in the Pidgin install directory.
    1818 * 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`.
    1919   * Note that each new crash dump will '''''append''''' to the file, so if you have several crashes, all the dumps will be present.
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