Windows exception message if C:\ not present

[nuttycat]

If you install Inkscape to a machine that does not contain a C:\ for its Windows installation, on Inkscape startup, a Windows Exception processing message appears. (See attachment for dialog box image) You need to press "Continue" several times before the message goes away and Inkscape loads.

---Message--
WINDOWS - NO DISK
Exception Processing Message c0000013 Parameters 75b6bf9c 475b6bf9c 75b6bf9c
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Looking around on the web, the message seems to affect people on a number of different software packages - all sharing the same characteristic : Machine does not have a Drive letter C: for its primary partition. The message reported by them is the same. It might be some common library that several programs are using. I do not know how to find out. I'll be happy to help track down the source of the bug if someone can let me know how to do this.

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Inkscape 0.48.0 r9654
Windows XP, SP3.
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Steps to repoduce:
Install Inkscape to a machine that has its Windows installation done to a drive letter that is not C:.
Open Inkscape: Windows Exception processing message dialog box appears

Resolution:
Click the Continue button on the dialog box several times (~6). Box goes away, Inkscape loads.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

a) Possibly related to old entries in the list of previously open files (in the file ".recently-used.xbel", used and shared by all GTK+ applications).
See more details in the answer to this question:
<https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/129939>

b) If this error is not caused by references to an image on drive C in the list of recently opened files, nor to old paths stored in the preferences file, it seems related to or a duplicate of
Bug #513083 “no disk exception when opening SVG file on XP/AMD64”
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/513083>

[nuttycat (nuttycat)]

Its not related to (a). I have never had a C: on this particular machine for old stored preferences.

Nevertheless, this evening I went ahead and tried both - renaming the .recently-used.xbel file as well as renaming preferences.xml so that it could create a new file - No change, the problem exists.

It is probably related to (b), but my observed behavior is different. I have access to an Windows-7/AMD64 machine and have created/modified multiple files on that - which opened just fine on this machine (XP SP3, Intel 32 bit).
Opening Inkscape always brings up the exception message, but I've not seen any file corruption.

It may have to do with something in GTK being hardcoded to look for C:\ rather than %APPDATA%