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    After Win 10 Creator Update - VPN and other icons don't work

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    • xtn89
      xtn89 last edited by

      I have the same problem. Im using the 64 bit version of Windows 10 and after the Creators Update the VPN, Block Ads and Downloads buttons dont work when "Use hardware acceleration when available" is enabled.

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      • ppafu
        ppafu last edited by

        same problem here in HP notebook vpn, blocks ads, downloads buttons AND adress bar suggesions do not work

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

          What is the graphic card? Are its drivers up to date?

          Here everything seems to be working fine using an Intel HD Graphics 4600.

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          • elrosluinwe
            elrosluinwe last edited by

            Same problem here in my Asus N53JL notebook with graph card nvidia gt 425M, the download button and adress bar suggesions don't work when "Use hardware acceleration when available" is enabled.

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

              Does enabling opera://flags/#ignore-gpu-blacklist solves the problem?

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              • elrosluinwe
                elrosluinwe last edited by

                Yes, the problems solved. When i enabled opera://flags/#ignore-gpu-blacklist, the download button and address bar suggestions started to work. My opera browser works normally now 😃 Thank you very much for your help.

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  Ok leocg I enabled "opera://flags/#ignore-gpu-blacklist" but the drop down for VPN still doesn't work with "update hardware acceleration when available" enabled.

                  I still think this is a Creator Update problem as before it worked and my Dell doesn't have the update on it and it works right.

                  This system has Intel(R) HD Grahics with the newest drivers from Intel

                  As I don't use Windows drivers as almost all the time they are outdated (When you get the right drivers your system will fly)

                  This system boots and shutdown very fast, and 98% of the software on this computer is 64bit

                  Again I do Thank you very much for trying to help - You Rock 🙂

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                  • kryouck
                    kryouck last edited by

                    Btw drop down of VPN, download button, adress bar, block adds, extensions page pop-ups working but it just 100% invisible

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                    • kryouck
                      kryouck last edited by

                      I have the same issue with ALL chromium based browsers (chromium 59 have this issue too). Nothing help except disabling hardware acceleration (I tried change parametres at the about://flags).
                      My specs: 1st generation i7-640M with integrated Intel HD Graphics. I tried default W10 drivers 8.15.10.2900 and the latest 8.15.10.2993.
                      We need patch for windows or chromium browser. Not sure if Opera can fix it

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                      • claneksi
                        claneksi last edited by

                        Have nothing new to add, but.. yeah, happens to me too.
                        I'm on an old laptop (Pentium T4600 + onboard graphic) and since updating to Creator Update none of the functions mentioned above work (or maybe "100% invisible" like kryouck said above). Had to turn the hardware acceleration off to make them function normally like before.

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                        • kryouck
                          kryouck last edited by

                          https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=710560#

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User last edited by

                            My Dell computer that doesn't have the Creator Update worked with the "hardware acceleration" turned on, but I just did "About Opera" today and it updated to version 44.0.2510.1218 (PGO) and now "hardware acceleration" has to be turned off 😞 for VPN and Ad Blocker to work (I also turned off the 3 Extensions to make sure that wasn't the problem).

                            I'm Microsoft and Cisco Certified so yes I know what I'm doing 🙂

                            This is a Opera/Chromium Problem

                            Version information

                            Version: 44.0.2510.1218 (PGO) - Opera is up to date
                            Update stream: Stable
                            System: Windows 10 64-bit

                            Browser identification

                            Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/57.0.2987.133 Safari/537.36 OPR/44.0.2510.1218

                            Like I said my Dell 64bit without the Creator Update worked fine until I updated Opera to the newest version
                            So this is telling me there is a coding bug in this new Opera update

                            This computer I'm on now like I said above does have the Creator Update

                            Thank you and Opera Please fix this problem

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                            • kryouck
                              kryouck last edited by

                              Pop-ups with acceleration on: add -disable-dwm-composition to the shortcut until chromium devs fix this issue
                              https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=712196

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                              • A Former User
                                A Former User last edited by

                                Thank you @ kryouck

                                I will try this out

                                Again Thank you 🙂

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                                • kryouck
                                  kryouck last edited by

                                  chromium 60.0.3079 fixed it already

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                                  • teacher401
                                    teacher401 last edited by

                                    Same here! I never thought the "allow hardware acceleration" could be the source or part of the problem. I will check it out. After the Creators update, absolutely nothing could enter or leave Opera except for the Opera auto-update that could check the browser version. I finally unchecked the VPN and voila, now it works. However I do longer have a VPN. Could the good folks at Opera please post: (Opera - VPN for Creators Update - How to Connect to Internet.)

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                                    • windave
                                      windave last edited by

                                      On my Cube i7 Book Win 10 tablet with Creators update, Intel HD Graphics 515 adapter, VPN blue icon works WITH hardware acceleration.
                                      On my HP ProBook Win 10 laptop with Creators update, Intel HD Graphics adapter, VPN blue icon only works WITHOUT hardware acceleration.
                                      So the VPN problem would seem to be at least partially dependent upon the graphics hardware on any given device!

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                                      • nomis88
                                        nomis88 last edited by

                                        same with me.
                                        Download window and search and copy po up from opera doesn't work since creators.

                                        Wonder if it's possible and good to go back to aniversery update. Do you have any expierince witch that?
                                        I was already trying diffrent video driver version of Intel HD Graphics, but untiol now..

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                                        • leocg
                                          leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                          Wonder if it's possible and good to go back to aniversery update. Do you have any expierince witch that?

                                          It would be something to be discussed in a Microsoft or Windows related forum, not in an Opera's one.

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                                          • nomis88
                                            nomis88 last edited by

                                            just tried it out. In my case enabling gpu blacklist didn't help, but the hardware acceleration made it now.

                                            Thanx for informations

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