[Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jaap Keuter wrote:

> If you read back to my original post, I've mentioned that upgrading
> ethereal doesn't fix an (in this matter) incorrect preference file. So
> even though the new code does it's job correctly it still has to account
> for 'old style' preference files. This patch does exactly that.

The problem isn't limited to upgrading under Windows.  If you copy a
preferences between Windows platforms the separator characters will be
wrong.  I've checked in a modified version of your fix that should
address this.