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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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