I've just posted a test release of Pidgin Portable 2.1.1. A test release because I'm hoping this will fix some of the issues for folks with misconfigured PCs that affect used of GTK within Pidgin Portable.
Download Pidgin Portable 2.1.1 Pre-Release 1
(Will take a few minutes to hit the download servers)
I'm hoping we'll be able to get this working for everyone. If not, we'll have to switch to using the 'official' setup of making it portable. This would effectively kill the ability to use a shared GTK directory and the ability to have a legacy GTK alongside your modern one for use on Windows 95/98/Me. Two things I'd rather not have to ditch, but am willing to to maintain compatibility with the occasional oddball PC that's not handling things correctly.
Regards,
John