[Pidgin] #1434: idletrack.dll crashes other programs (win98)

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#1434: idletrack.dll crashes other programs (win98)
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Reporter:  andrixnet  |       Owner:  datallah       
    Type:  defect     |      Status:  new            
Priority:  minor      |   Component:  winpidgin (gtk)
 Version:  2.0.1      |    Keywords:                 
 Pending:  0          |  
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 This is another one from older GAIM days. (I hope I'm not posting a dupe
 again :)

 I'll add a second comment with the full text from SF's tracker.

 Latest findings show the following behaviour :

 Most often applications crash with "MS Visual C++ Runtime ..." error.
 Most often TotalCommander and WinRAR crash. Rarely Explorer.exe. Sometimes
 other app, but those are used less often and I couldn't find any common
 criteria for them anyway.
 Apparently not all programs are susceptible. For example Mozilla family
 has never crashed like this.

 Situation in which a crash can occur:
 - assume one or more of the sensitive applications are running. Best
 chances are if that app has been runing for 1/2 hour or more BEFORE pidgin
 is started. (or closed and started again for that matter).

 I've tried gathering backtraces or something, but I haven't been able to.
 From a previous suggestion by a gaim developer, I have a debugger
 installed, but it won't catch anything with this type of crash. (and my
 skill and understanding with debuggers is very limited).

 I can reproduce the problem on different systems, so it's not particular
 to a certain installation.
 And yes, it affects 2.0.1 as well.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/1434>
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