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

      @sgunhouse
      You are right, its still the wonderful Windows-XP... 🙂
      But is it supposed to work with XP? Doesn't seem so.

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      • sgunhouse
        sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

        Does it save bookmarks? If you were having problems with your profile, then you wouldn't be able to save passwords or bookmarks ... so if bookmarks are fine it isn't a profile issue.

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

          @sgunhouse
          Yes, it does save bookmarks. New bookmarks, the import von FF doesn't work, no error message, but no result. According to another hint, I gave full access to the profile directory - no change.

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

            I tried to import bookmarks. First try - directly over the settings. Opera says ok, but nothing is there. Second try - export from FF to HTML-File, import with Opera addon. Addon says everything ok, xxx bookmarks imported, but nothing is there.

            I think, Opera has severe problems. I will stay with FF. Thanks for your help.

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            • burnout426
              burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

              You could close down Opera and delete the "Login Data" and "Login Data-journal" files in the Opera profile folder to see if it helps.

              You could also goto the URL opera://flags in Opera and search for "autocomplete" to see if there's an option to override "autocomplete=off" on web pages to make sure Opera is offering to save passwords. Not sure if that option was in 36 though.

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              • A Former User
                A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

                @burnout426
                Thanks. I tried this - no success. Sad.

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                • burnout426
                  burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                  @hjk1 I don't remember. Maybe Opera 36 required that you have a password for your Windows user account set before it'd save passwords. So, try that if you don't have one set.

                  It might be some security software or Opera extensions interfering with Opera. Then again, maybe it requires some update that WinXP that isn't installed. Or, maybe one of the last XP updates broke something. Or, maybe it was just broken in Opera 36 on WinXP. where 36 works on newer OS's.

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                  • sgunhouse
                    sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                    36 worked on XP SP3 at the time.. The last version listed on the FTP site is 36.0.2130.80 as you can see here: http://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera-winxpvista/

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                    • burnout426
                      burnout426 Volunteer @sgunhouse last edited by

                      @sgunhouse said in Passwords are not saved:

                      36 worked on XP SP3 at the time.

                      Saving of passwords specifically worked? (I don't remember)

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                      • sgunhouse
                        sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                        At the time. That is, 9 August 2016.

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

                          @sgunhouse
                          I tried everything, every single hint in this forum. Nothing works.
                          Finally I deinstalled Opera, erased all files and directories of Opera
                          and installed completely new. The problems are still the same.
                          Opera 36.0.2130.80 does not work as it should.
                          I wanted to switch from Firefox to the much better Opera,
                          but without password saving, its useless for me.
                          Can anyone please close this thread, its not solved,
                          but useless to keep it open anymore.
                          Thanks for help to everyone.

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                            Do you use a password to login into your OS?

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

                              @leocg
                              No

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                              • burnout426
                                burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                @hjk1 Can you set one to see if it makes a difference?

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

                                  @burnout426
                                  No, I don't want to do this. I'm afraid to lock my pc. I don't trust MS.
                                  My wife uses the same XP and the same Opera, no OS password.
                                  Her passwords are saved. Strange.

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                                  • leocg
                                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                    If her passwords are saved then most probably setting up an OS user and password won't make a difference.

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                                    • leocg
                                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                      Did you try using a clean profile directory?

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                                      • burnout426
                                        burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                        @hjk1 You can create another user account on Windows for testing and set a password for it. That will also give you a fresh Opera profile to test with and it won't interfere with your current Opera and current user account. When you're done testing, you can delete the user account.

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                                        • A Former User
                                          A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

                                          @burnout426 Thanks for your hints. I tried everything - passwords, new user, profile directory. It does not work.
                                          I don't want to bother you any longer, so I give up.
                                          BTW - Chrome also stores no passwords, only Firefox does.

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                                          • bbildman
                                            bbildman @Guest last edited by bbildman

                                            @hjk1 said in Passwords are not saved:

                                            @sgunhouse
                                            You are right, its still the wonderful Windows-XP... 🙂
                                            But is it supposed to work with XP? Doesn't seem so.

                                            As an aside, it took me forever to FINALLY upgrade to Windows 7 Professional, from XP, but I bit the bullet and though it took me forever (I used a program like Laplink PCMover), it solved SO many problems I had been having. Same thing happened as I was using Opera 12, and stuck with it forever...but finally bit the bullet (again) and upgraded to New Opera based on Chromium. And again, all my Opera issues disappeared.

                                            Now I won't tell you when to to, but upgrading Operating Systems, and then to New Opera will be worth the time it takes to do this.

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