diff -r b422038b7269 -r 5bcb306a4edf pidgin/win32/gtkwin32dep.c
--- a/pidgin/win32/gtkwin32dep.c	Thu Apr 24 21:18:44 2014 +0200
+++ b/pidgin/win32/gtkwin32dep.c	Fri Apr 25 12:52:39 2014 +0200
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
 	if (purple_debug_is_verbose())
 		purple_debug_misc("winpidgin", "winpidgin_init start\n");
 
-	exchndl_dll_path = g_build_filename(wpurple_install_dir(), "exchndl.dll", NULL);
+	exchndl_dll_path = g_build_filename(wpurple_bin_dir(), "exchndl.dll", NULL);
 	MySetLogFile = (LPFNSETLOGFILE) wpurple_find_and_loadproc(exchndl_dll_path, "SetLogFile");
 	g_free(exchndl_dll_path);
 	exchndl_dll_path = NULL;