Problem signing in after moving roaming profile

A Former User @Guest

@vince42 i think ya said you moved the whole Windows Roaming folder location.. The security attributes of the orginal has to be same as the new one.. Also if your using win 10.. sum of the files could have been locked.. not sure tho.. maybe ya could try in Safe Mode..

i agree with zalex108 about Symbolic Link..

mklink /j

Do this once you're done moving the folder using the official way (Properties > Location).

This command assumes you have moved the AppData\Roaming\ to D:\yourusernamehere\AppData\Roaming.

mklink /j C:\Users\yourusernamehere\AppData\Roaming D:\yourusernamehere\AppData\Roaming

Note this works best win 7 maybe with win 10 in safe mode

A Former User @burnout426

@burnout426 I will give that a try and yes, making a backup before executing such kind of operation is always a good idea. It's a shame that there is no good documentation for Opera, where we could read up all these questions. It would be very interesting to know which files are responsible for which features and are affected by which mechanisms.

@nvmjustagirl Moving the roaming folder is a Windows feature, therefore all attributes are conserved. I had locked files during the move, but none of them was related to Opera. Making a symbolic link does not fix the problem at all as Opera does not have the problem that it cannot find the folder - it recognizes the folder locations. The suggested 'mklink /j' is considered to be deprecated, by the way.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest

@vince42 Try checking if opera://sync-internals/ gives you any hint on what may be happening.

A Former User @Guest

Try 'n to do what you're try ' n to do immediately kills all "metro" applications and components and disables Start Menu. And win 10 updates may not work + uninstalling n e progs.. manual.. If not done right..

if you was gonna move 1 or 2 folders from roaming would be safer i guess.. Are you running outta room on that drive..

zalex108

zalex108

Try to check the installer_prefs.json file, and change the profile type from false to True.

"You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

A Former User @Guest

@nvmjustagirl said in Problem signing in after moving roaming profile:

Try 'n to do what you're try ' n to do immediately kills all "metro" applications and components and disables Start Menu. And win 10 updates may not work + uninstalling n e progs.. manual.. If not done right..

if you was gonna move 1 or 2 folders from roaming would be safer i guess.. Are you running outta room on that drive..

I am doing this for a living, trust me: it works, nothing is broken - you just need to know what you do and you're fine.

A Former User

@leocg @zalex108 those are both promising tips, thank you - will check that out.

A Former User @zalex108

@zalex108 said in Problem signing in after moving roaming profile:

Try to check the installer_prefs.json file, and change the profile type from false to True.

I switched from false to true, started Opera and were able to start the synchronization. All bookmarks, settings etc were gone though.

Then I switched back to false, were able to log in and at least my bookmarks and settings came back. My passwords seem also to be restored now.

Thank you for this hint!!! 1,000 Kudos!

zalex108

zalex108 @Guest

@vince42

"You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

A Former User @zalex108

@zalex108 said in Problem signing in after moving roaming profile:

@vince42

hug

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer

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