ExitNodes 1 being ignored

Using Tor Browser Bundle 2.3.25-6 and 2.3.25-8 (Windows)

Have placed the following settings in the torrc file:

ExitNodes {SE} StrictNodes 1

Older versions of Tor would simply not connect (and give me error messages in the Vidalia message log) when it could not find a suitable exit node. However 2.3.25-6 has given me non-SE exit nodes frequently. I used it as an excuse to upgrade to 2.3.25-8 but am experiencing the exact same thing.

I had no problem with previous versions (sorry, already deleted older bundle so cannot verify the older version that used to work) where it would simply refuse to connect - at least I would know that a suitable exit node could not be found. But ignoring this setting seems dangerous. Any ideas?

Using Tor Browser Bundle 2.3.25-8 Vidalia 0.2.21 Tor 0.2.3.25 (git-17c24b3118224d65) Qt 4.8.1

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Username: thmprrr