Trac is being migrated to new services! Issues can be found in our new YouTrack instance and WIKI pages can be found on our website.

Changes between Version 181 and Version 182 of Using Pidgin


Ignore:
Timestamp:
Oct 26, 2009, 5:59:46 PM (14 years ago)
Author:
datallah
Comment:

Fix .purple location to be more clear on Windows.

Legend:

Unmodified
Added
Removed
Modified
  • Using Pidgin

    v181 v182  
    495495
    496496 * There is also a '''per-user file''' (named `.gtkrc-2.0`) in your user's home directory, the location of this varies according to the OS you're using and the configuration.
    497    * For Windows 2000/XP/Vista(?), entering `%USERPROFILE%` in your Windows Explorer address bar will take you to the right directory (probably something like `C:\Documents and Settings\username`).
     497   * For Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, entering `%USERPROFILE%` in your Windows Explorer address bar will take you to the right directory (probably something like `C:\Documents and Settings\username`).
    498498   * For Windows 98/ME it will be something like `C:\Windows\Profiles\username`.
    499499   * For Unix-like platforms, it is `/home/username`.
     
    571571=== Where is my `.purple` directory? ===
    572572Data is stored in your user's "Application Data" directory in a `.purple` subdirectory.  The location of this will vary according to your setup and version of Windows.
    573  * For Windows 2000/XP/Vista(?), entering `%APPDATA%` in your Windows Explorer address bar will take you to the right directory (probably something like `C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data`).
     573 * For Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, entering `%APPDATA%` in your Windows Explorer address bar will take you to the right directory
     574  * On Windows XP, it will be something like `C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data`.
     575  * On Windows Vista/7, it will be something like `C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\`.
    574576 * For Windows 98/ME it will be something like `C:\Windows\Profiles\username`.
    575577This can be overridden by setting the `PURPLEHOME` environment variable.
All information, including names and email addresses, entered onto this website or sent to mailing lists affiliated with this website will be public. Do not post confidential information, especially passwords!