Opera 37 won't open any pages

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

Windows 7 and 8.1 won't let me modify the shortcut for launcher.exe or opera.exe, so Firefox it is!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Windows 7 and 8.1 won't let me modify the shortcut for launcher.exe or opera.exe

Right click on launcher.exe > send to desktop. Go to desktop, right click on the short-cut and go to properties. Add the command line in the target field.

Can't you do that?

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

Not in Win7

[lando242]

lando242 last edited by

And why can't you do that in Window 7? It is a feature of Windows 7.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Not in Win7

What happens when you try to do it?

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

"The name 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera\launcher.exe --no-sandbox' specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct."

Both Win 7 PCs give that error. Win 8.1 also...

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

"The name 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera\launcher.exe --no-sandbox' specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct."

Are you adding the parameter after the quoted path, like this?

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera beta\launcher.exe" --no-sandbox

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

No, I entered it just as previously posted, with the parameter inside the quotation marks. I'll try as you suggest and post the results.

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

I was able to save the modification to the icon properties by entering the parameter outside the quotation marks in Win 8.1 and will try the same on Win 7 later.

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

FWIW, I "upgraded" to Windows 10 on my laptop with Windows 8.1, removed "--no-sandbox", upgraded Comodo Firewall, and Opera works normally again! I want to point out that both PCs that had this problem ALSO had Comodo Firewall. Thank you again for all the help...