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    How to stop Opera from making desktop shortcuts?

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    • zerounderscoreou
      zerounderscoreou last edited by

      I'm not sure why - I assume after receiving updates - Opera periodically puts a shortcut to itself on the Desktop. I don't need that shortcut, that behavior is annoying and I'd like to know how to disable it.

      Win 10 x64.

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

        Some other posts on this (and a similar issue):

        https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/comments/chrthu/opera_creates_desktop_shortcut_every_time_it/

        https://forums.opera.com/topic/33557/deleted-desktop-icon-back-on-every-update

        https://forums.opera.com/topic/33952/every-time-i-open-opera-it-creates-another-destop-icon

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          Hello all. Not sure when this started but seems fairly recently as I've never noticed it before during Opera use over the last few years. Opera keeps adding a shortcut to my desktop. I'll delete it and a few days later it will be back.

          Is there anyway to prevent this?

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

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