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    • A Former User
      A Former User @leocg last edited by

      @leocg Brazil ?

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

        It was just a reference, you will use your country code or the one you want.

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          How/where does one edit the location?

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

            Using a text editor.

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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              Would it kill you to respond a bit more detailed?

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                You just open the file in a text editor and change the country code in the mentioned line. Simple as that.

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  Which file?

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User @Guest last edited by

                    @esebm the file that requires editing is called " Local State"
                    you'll find it in your Opera profile folder.
                    see profile path: opera://about/

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User last edited by

                      OK, found it, thanks.
                      It's set to US but that doesn't seem to prevent virtually every website I visit to place me into Europe.

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                      • sgunhouse
                        sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                        Are you using a VPN?

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                        • A Former User
                          A Former User last edited by

                          Yes, the Opera VPN is always set the Americas.

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                            So that's it, the sites are guessing your location wrongly.

                            But it's something for another topic.

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                            • sgunhouse
                              sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                              Well, at least it wasn't the Ukraine this time. If you use the VPN while accessing Google, they know you are using a VPN and will try to guess a country you're "really from". Previously they were sending everyone to the Ukrainian version of Google.

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                              • A Former User
                                A Former User last edited by

                                Funny thing is, I never access anything Google. I avoid it like the plague.

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                                • awik32
                                  awik32 last edited by

                                  After editing the file, do you have to restart Opera before the changes will take effect? I already tried editing the file with Opera running, and there was no effect.

                                  -Albert.

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                                  • leocg
                                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @awik32 last edited by

                                    You need to edit the file with Opera closed.

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