Attempted Login to Steam Returns "could not create pipe"

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. attempt to login using disable/reenable account
2. using "reconnect" option
3. tried in both 2.7.11 & 2.9 - same error

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The plugin worked, initially.  After reboot, Steam client opened automatically 
during Pidgin loading process.  Pidgin crashed, and subsequent attempts to 
reconnect to Steamchat using plugin are unsuccessful.  Attempted 
uninstall/regedit clean/manual deletion of files in program 
files\pidgin\plugins ... Then reinstalled Pidgin v2.7.11 (and added plugin) - 
reconnect failed.  Uninstalled/attempted Pidgin v2.9 - reconnect failed.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
v2.7.11 & v2.9; win7 x64 SP1; libsteamworks-0.3.dll

Please provide any additional information below.

Debug window information too large to include in this message.  Attached as a 
.txt

Original issue reported on code.google.com by felinese...@live.com on 6 Jul 2011 at 2:01

• Merged into: #9

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Extracted info from debug window:

(20:43:34) account: Connecting to account myaccountname.
(20:43:34) connection: Connecting. gc = 08F6FA38
(20:43:34) steam: login
(20:43:34) connection: Connection error on 08F6FA38 (reason: 0 description: 
Could not create pipe
)
(20:43:34) account: Disconnecting account myaccountname (02201C08)
(20:43:34) connection: Disconnecting connection 08F6FA38
(20:43:34) steam: close
(20:43:34) GLib: g_source_remove: assertion `tag > 0' failed
(20:43:34) jabber: jabber_actions: have pep: NO
(20:43:34) connection: Destroying connection 08F6FA38
(20:43:40) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory 
C:\Users\KittyKat\AppData\Roaming\.purple
(20:43:40) util: Writing file 
C:\Users\KittyKat\AppData\Roaming\.purple\accounts.xml

Original comment by felinese...@live.com on 6 Jul 2011 at 2:10

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Does it reconnect after restarting Steam?

Original comment by eionrobb on 6 Jul 2011 at 3:50

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I had this issue as well on Pidgin 2.9.0, Windows 7 x64, and libsteamworks 0.3. 
 On computer startup, I got a "Pidgin is already running." notification, and 
the Pidgin process did not start the program as normal.  When the pidgin.exe 
process was terminated and restarted, my Steam account did not load and the 
buddy list gave the error "could not create pipe" for that account.  Restarting 
Pidgin did not fix the problem, but restarting Steam *did* fix the problem.

Original comment by redyoshi49q on 21 Aug 2011 at 10:34

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Setting Steam Friends to not automatically connect on start-up will fix this 
error message. Friends will stay offline until Pidgin and libsteamworks started 
up and connected to Steam. Then you are online and it should work without 
problems.

Original comment by safto.rangen on 31 Aug 2011 at 11:09

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Original comment by eionrobb on 1 May 2012 at 8:03

• Changed state: Duplicate