diff -r 0fc64e01967f -r a06176e84f3a pidgin/gtkutils.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkutils.c	Mon Dec 03 22:37:26 2007 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkutils.c	Tue Dec 04 05:04:59 2007 +0000
@@ -2451,7 +2451,13 @@
 	g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(dialog->icon_filesel), "destroy",
 					 G_CALLBACK(icon_filesel_delete_cb), dialog);
 #endif /* FILECHOOSER */
-	return 	dialog->icon_filesel;
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(dialog->icon_filesel), "show",
+		G_CALLBACK(winpidgin_ensure_onscreen), dialog->icon_filesel);
+#endif
+
+	return dialog->icon_filesel;
 }