diff -r 4be4ea8a8dca -r 48dfed6f4f1f pidgin/gtkconv.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkconv.c	Mon Dec 21 23:17:45 2020 -0600
+++ b/pidgin/gtkconv.c	Tue Dec 22 00:19:36 2020 -0600
@@ -6148,6 +6148,7 @@
 	purple_prefs_add_bool(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/conversations/im/close_immediately", TRUE);
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
+	purple_prefs_add_none(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/win32");
 	purple_prefs_add_bool(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/win32/minimize_new_convs", FALSE);
 #endif