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    Opera Removing Speed Dial Wallpapers

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    • aam2018
      aam2018 last edited by

      You can add a background picture to your seep dial page. Opera keeps removing my background pictures. I set up a picture for the background (on opera speed dial) and eventually it will be gone. And it doesn't even show up in the Recent Wallpapers list as they normally do. It's not a serious problem but is annoying having to reset the background pic. Anybody else having this problem and is it something that can be fixed? This is on Windows 10 with the latest version of Opera and only started with this update.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @aam2018 last edited by

        @aam2018 It happens no matter the image used? It happens in a clean profile?

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        • corsarshah
          corsarshah last edited by

          The wallpaper resets occasionally from time to time. And it does not depend on restarting the browser or sessions. For example the browser was opened on Speed Dial and I was doing nothing and suddenly it changed the wallpaper to default (Wallpaper 1, which I hate).
          This happens only to pics (static wallpapers), animated wallpapers are ok. Why it should change from Wallpaper 30 to Wallpaper 1 by itself?
          And how can I delete that stupid Wallpaper 1?

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          • aam2018
            aam2018 @leocg last edited by

            @leocg

            It happened to the last two pictures I used. Both where my own picture's not the ones built into Opera. It's not important enough an issue to create a new profile. Thanks anyway for the reply. I'm beginning to suspect it might have something to do with me moving the picture from it's original place on my hard drive.

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @aam2018 last edited by

              @aam2018 The idea of using a new profile would be only to test if the issue happens or not.

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              • sgunhouse
                sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                For the record, my Operas (Developer and Stable) still have their wallpapers. What are they being replaced with?

                On second thought... mine were not local files. On an image from the web Opera will make a zip file for it and put it in Themes, and that is how it gets to appear in Recent wallpapers.

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                  • corsarshah
                    corsarshah last edited by

                    Opera resets wallpaper occasionally. And it does not depend on restarting the browser or sessions. For example the browser was opened on Speed Dial and I was doing nothing and suddenly it changed the wallpaper to default wallpaper 1.
                    This happens only to pictures (static wallpapers), animated wallpapers are not changed.
                    I have posted already about it but got no answer, and noticed that many people already have the same problem, but there is no any clear answer from support. Only questions to question.

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                    • corsarshah
                      corsarshah last edited by

                      Really?
                      And what about these people?
                      https://forums.opera.com/topic/26089/wallpaper-resets-between-sessions
                      https://forums.opera.com/topic/22737/wallpaper-resets-between-sessions
                      https://forums.opera.com/topic/24393/wallpaper-keeps-disappearing
                      https://forums.opera.com/topic/29733/trouble-with-speed-dials-wallpaper
                      And many others.
                      If you search in google then you'll find out so many questions about Opera wallpapers.
                      It's funny, but why Opera team can't make this simple option work as it should?

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                      • corsarshah
                        corsarshah last edited by

                        I forgot to mention, if I install a wallpaper (for example this one https://addons.opera.com/en/wallpapers/details/finding-new-ways-nathan-anderson), after Opera change it to default, I have to install it again and again.Opera Snapshot_2019-06-05_094717_addons.opera.com.png

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                        • sgunhouse
                          sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                          They're not "randomly", and they aren't the current version. If it resets every time you restart Opera (or "between sessions" as they put it), then that means it either isn't being saved or your profile is being cleared - and most likely the former. But if it works for several restarts and then disappears, we know it was saved, so that's different.

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                          • burnout426
                            burnout426 Volunteer @corsarshah last edited by

                            @corsarshah Can you upload a picture that this happens with so that we can download it, set it as our wallpaper and see if it happens to us also?

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                            • corsarshah
                              corsarshah @burnout426 last edited by

                              @burnout426

                              https://addons.opera.com/en/wallpapers/details/finding-new-ways-nathan-anderson/

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                              • burnout426
                                burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                                How long does it usually take for Opera to reset it? A week or so?

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                                • aam2018
                                  aam2018 last edited by

                                  It's usually only effects local images not the ones built in Opera, it doesn't matter which picture. It's usually gone within a day in my case. I'm beginning to think it's just a bug that Opera has to work on. Again thanks for all the replies.

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                                  • leocg
                                    leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                    Similar topics merged.

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                                    • corsarshah
                                      corsarshah last edited by

                                      I unzipped this picture from the theme's zip file, cause I thought the reason is in wrong zip.

                                      findingnewways-nathananderson-unsplash.jpg

                                      But it doesn't matter. Opera resets ANY picture file to default dark theme wallpaper.
                                      Several times a day. But this time took longer. I can't understand the algorithm. )))

                                      I think maybe the reason is that the default wallpapers are SVG.
                                      "reborn3_dark.svg" in "default_dark_theme.zip"
                                      But all other wallpapers that we choose are JPG.

                                      Ok. I have an idea. I'll rename one of my favorite pictures to "reborn3_dark", change the type from jpg to svg and will replace the original reborn3_dark.svg in default_dark_theme.zip

                                      So if Opera decides to change the picture again, it will change to picture I want.
                                      Will it work?

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                                      • burnout426
                                        burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                                        I have the pic loaded locally. I'll see if it gets reset on me. It didn't reset on my when installed from the site in the time I tested. Will see if it does it this way.

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                                        • corsarshah
                                          corsarshah last edited by corsarshah

                                          I have a feeling that Opera support hides something.
                                          Please explain me one thing. If all these files are in my Opera Themes folder, why I can't see them in my Opera settings. Is this the folder containing our wallpapers? If I have already these zip files in "themes" folder, how can I use them? Unzip and then set the picture as wallpaper? Doesn't that sound like something stupid?

                                          Untitled-1.jpg

                                          If "themes" folder contains all our wallpapers, so where Opera takes all these awful wallpapers from?

                                          Untitled-2.jpg

                                          These Wallpaper 1, Wallpaper 2... Because I replaced the picture in "default_dark_theme.zip", but this raunchy picture with circles is still set as my wallpaper. And it's still there if I'm offline, so Opera takes it from one of my pc folders.

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                                          • burnout426
                                            burnout426 Volunteer @burnout426 last edited by

                                            @burnout426 said in Opera Removing Speed Dial Wallpapers:

                                            I have the pic loaded locally. I'll see if it gets reset on me. It didn't reset on my when installed from the site in the time I tested. Will see if it does it this way.

                                            Hasn't disappeared/changed on me yet.

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