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    [Solved]Extension enables itself.

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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer @dagnorkle last edited by

      @dagnorkle It would break the purpose of the test.

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer @dagnorkle last edited by

        @dagnorkle said in Extension enables itself.:

        How about importing bookmarks and settings?

        Not at first. You want to see if things work fine first. Then, if they do, see what you can do to trigger the issue.

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        • dagnorkle
          dagnorkle @burnout426 last edited by dagnorkle

          @burnout426 I've done what you suggested and the Opera adblocker doesn't enable itself. This means there is something wrong with my other copy of Opera. I disabled all the extensions and things I thought might be the cause but it still wants to enable itself. Therefore I'll stay with the copy I have the way you outlined. If I should have to delete this copy how would I go about getting it back? Will Opera give me a copy of the "new" version I have or resort to the older copy which was giving me trouble?

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @dagnorkle last edited by

            @dagnorkle It's depend only on you and on which profile you will backup and use in the future.

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            • dagnorkle
              dagnorkle last edited by

              When you download any browser these days it usually saves the settings, bookmarks, etc. from the last time you used it. I was just wondering if when I delete the good version I have will it give me back that one or the other which is corrupt in some way. The reason I ask because the version I got from your way is not the normal way one would download Opera.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @dagnorkle last edited by

                @dagnorkle Opera imports the data from the default browser.

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                • dagnorkle
                  dagnorkle last edited by

                  Thanks for the help.

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                  • burnout426
                    burnout426 Volunteer @dagnorkle last edited by

                    @dagnorkle said in Extension enables itself.:

                    @burnout426 I've done what you suggested and the Opera adblocker doesn't enable itself. This means there is something wrong with my other copy of Opera. I disabled all the extensions and things I thought might be the cause but it still wants to enable itself. Therefore I'll stay with the copy I have the way you outlined. If I should have to delete this copy how would I go about getting it back? Will Opera give me a copy of the "new" version I have or resort to the older copy which was giving me trouble?

                    The standalone installation I had you create is just that. It doesn't interfere with your default Opera and it doesn't set itself as the default browser. If you delete its installation folder, it will not affext your normal Opera. That Opera will still be there.

                    Now, since you said the standalone installation works fine and you want to use that now, there's a better option. In your normal Opera, goto the URL opera://about and take note of the "profile" path. Then, close Opera and delete the profile folder. Then, your normal Opera will start fresh just like you did with the standalone installation. Then, you should not have any issues in your normal Opera. Then, you should be able to get rid of the standalone installation if you want and just use your normal Opera. But, it's all up to you.

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                    • toomakesense
                      toomakesense @dagnorkle last edited by

                      @dagnorkle From my experience so far with Opera, this is probably my first time hearing that opera extension enables itself automatically. Please kindly check if you have Sync enabled, if yes disable Sync > close your browser and then restart it again.

                      I hope that helps, Regards.

                      Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing with perfection.

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                      • dagnorkle
                        dagnorkle @toomakesense last edited by dagnorkle

                        @toomakesense Yes, it's an oddity for everyone but it was happening. Someone else on here had the same issue. As far as I can see is that something got corrupted and saved by Opera as every time I reloaded Opera it reloaded what was already corrupted....bookmark, file, extension...who knows, but when I loaded a fresh version and started over it was fine. I was trying to avoid putting all my "stuff" back into the browser one at a time but it was the only way.

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                        • dagnorkle
                          dagnorkle last edited by

                          Well, I think I finally figured out why my Opera adblocker was enabling itself at random. I have a program called Advanced System Care which I run regularly when it tells me to which was causing the trouble. If I run this program and then open Opera the adblocker is enabled. If I don't run this program and open Opera the adblocker isn't enabled so there is a conflict for some reason. It was a random thing because I ran the program at different times when I wasn't using Opera.

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                          • toomakesense
                            toomakesense @dagnorkle last edited by

                            @dagnorkle Sorry to hear that Advanced System Care was having conflicts with Opera Browser which triggers the Ad blocker to be automatically enabled, I am glad to hear that your problem has been resolved.

                            Kings

                            Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing with perfection.

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