Unable to install opera
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A Former User last edited by
@burnout426 said in Unable to install opera:
Are you getting the installer from opera.com? Maybe try the x64 one from https://ftp.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera/desktop/57.0.3098.76/win/ to see if there's any difference.
I got the download from MajorGeeks website, but I also tried the OperaSetup.exe file downloaded from the Opera site -- same results. I have downloaded the one from the ftp site.
Maybe some security software is interfering? Can you temporarily create a new user account on Windows and try that?
I am using MBAM -- but I will disable real-time protection and see if that makes a difference.
Can you try the beta and developer versions on the right side of https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/ just to see if they behave differently?
I have downloaded the Opera beta 3098.63 version and the Opera 59.0.3160 developer version.
-- Lots of things to try ... thanks -
A Former User last edited by
Disabled MBAM tasks so no AV was running -- already disabled Windows Defender.
Ran beta 57.0.3098.63 setup x64 -- same results as before: Started install, selected options to NOT import from FF (to reduce install time), got white screen, tasks included "crash-reporter", CPU dropped to 0% for all tasks and stayed there.
Killed tasks, saw icon on desktop, clicked it, white screen -- no crash-reporter task this time, but white screen stayed until I killed the tasks.
Ran Developer 59.0.3160.0 setup x64 -- same results. -
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
Do you have enough free space on your hard drive? (Your boot drive where the temp folder is at)
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gmiazga Opera last edited by
@wawood8 could you send us screenshot of the problem you see? I see @burnout426 assumes that it's installer issue but considering you mention lot of Opera processes it seems to be rather problem with installed browser itself.
If indeed installer is finished but browser goes white, could you try starting browser with switch --disable-gpu. This should disable hardware acceleration which is most common cause for problems with displaying content. -
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A Former User last edited by A Former User
@mgeffro
You might be onto something, as I had to disable hardware accel in order to get VLC to work.
UPDATE: That did it! I added the disable parm to the shortcut -- and am actually posting this in Opera! -
A Former User last edited by
How do I mark this thread as SOLVED? I didn't see any entry for that under Topic Tools
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@wawood8 said in Unable to install opera:
UPDATE: That did it! I added the disable parm to the shortcut -- and am actually posting this in Opera!
Thanks @mgeffro Good catch!
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