diff -r 34c16a8692ce -r 72613eff8b0e pidgin/win32/gtkwin32dep.c
--- a/pidgin/win32/gtkwin32dep.c	Tue Aug 31 01:23:28 2010 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/win32/gtkwin32dep.c	Tue Aug 31 01:49:53 2010 +0000
@@ -376,12 +376,16 @@
 
 void winpidgin_init(HINSTANCE hint) {
 	FARPROC proc;
+	gchar *exchndl_dll_path;
 
 	purple_debug_info("winpidgin", "winpidgin_init start\n");
 
 	exe_hInstance = hint;
 
-	proc = wpurple_find_and_loadproc("exchndl.dll", "SetLogFile");
+	exchndl_dll_path = g_build_filename(wpurple_install_dir(), "exchndl.dll", NULL);
+	proc = wpurple_find_and_loadproc(exchndl_dll_path, "SetLogFile");
+	g_free(exchndl_dll_path);
+	exchndl_dll_path = NULL;
 	if (proc) {
 		gchar *debug_dir, *locale_debug_dir;