[tor-bugs] #4961 [Vidalia]: Vidalia/Tor Browser Bundle freezes on start -Windows XP SP3

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#4961: Vidalia/Tor Browser Bundle freezes on start  -Windows XP SP3
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 Reporter:  dusf                                  |          Owner:  chiiph       
     Type:  defect                                |         Status:  new          
 Priority:  critical                              |      Milestone:               
Component:  Vidalia                               |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.2.35
 Keywords:  freeze, start, freezing, load, crash  |         Parent:               
   Points:                                        |   Actualpoints:               
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 Vidalia freezes when I launch Tor Browser Bundle with the latest version
 and reinstalling (re-downloading) has made no difference.

 As I am back and forth between Windows and linux I cannot definitely
 recall if this happened on my Windows XP boot before updating to 2.2.35
 but I think it did not.

 I have read disabling automatic port selection may help this problem but I
 am unable to access Vidalia's settings as it freezes straight away with
 the progress bar at about 2/3% or so. Once I click somewhere else on my
 desktop the entire Vidalia window is 'whited out'.

 To counter this I changed vidalia.conf to:

 [General]
 BrowserDirectory=FirefoxPortable
 BrowserExecutable=tbb-firefox.exe
 LanguageCode=en

 [Tor]
 ControlPort=9051
 TorExecutable=.\\App\\tor.exe
 Torrc=.\\Data\\Tor\\torrc
 DataDirectory=.\\Data\\Tor
 AutoControl=false

 and I also added:

 SocksPort 9050

 to torrc.

 These measures again made no difference.

 Is there a known solution, and until one is found is there somewhere I can
 download a previous version of Tor Broswer Bundle?

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